Interactive Brokers

capi.tax reads your trading history from an Interactive Brokers Activity Statement exported as a CSV file. This page walks you through getting that one file. Everything you upload is processed directly in your browser; the file is never sent to a server.

Where to find the export

1. Sign in to your account at interactivebrokers.com and open the Client Portal (also called Account Management).
2. In the menu, go to Reports, then Statements.
3. Choose the Activity statement. This is the comprehensive one that lists trades, dividends, interest and fees together.

Choosing the right settings

Before you generate the statement, set three things:

• Period: pick Annual and select the tax year you are preparing. One full calendar year, January through December, gives capi.tax everything it needs.
• Format: choose CSV. Do not pick Excel or PDF, even though those can also open a CSV. Only the plain CSV file can be read.
• Sections: include all of them, so trades, dividends, interest and fees are all present.

Generate and download

1. Select Run to build the statement. Large accounts may take a minute or two.
2. When the download link appears, save the CSV file to your computer.
3. On capi.tax, choose Interactive Brokers as your broker and upload this file.

Good to know

• Export one file per tax year, and a separate file for each account if you hold more than one.
• The file can be large. That is normal for an Activity statement and not a problem.
• If a yearly export is too big to handle, you can split it into quarters and upload each part.
• capi.tax handles the date format and multiple currencies for you; no manual conversion is needed.

capi.tax prepares your data; it is not tax advice. Please review the figures and ask a tax advisor (Steuerberater) about your personal situation.