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Futures tax-year summary for your own account: what Fillbook shows

At year end you need your realized results and your own record of money moved in and out. This guide explains what the tax-year summary for own-capital accounts in Fillbook lists and what it leaves out. It is arithmetic over the trades you logged, not a tax document.

What it is, and what it is not

The summary is a working record built from the trades and cash flows you logged in Fillbook, so that you or your tax professional can compare it with your broker's statements. It is not a tax document, it does not tell you what you owe, and Fillbook does not give tax, legal or investment advice.

What the summary lists

You pick a year from those that have own-capital results or cash flows. For that year it shows the number of trades and the net futures gain or loss, then two tables: by instrument (trades and net P&L for each contract) and by account (trades, net P&L, deposits and withdrawals). Totals for deposits, withdrawals and net added sit above them, and a CSV download holds the same figures. Only closed trades logged as futures on your own-capital accounts are counted, dated by the day they closed or, if that is missing, the day they opened.

Results and fees

The results are the P&L stored on each trade, which is net of the fees logged with it. The summary does not list fees as a separate line; the cost card on the Dashboard and the cost table on the Account tab of Intelligence show them. Fees that were never logged are not in any of these figures.

Deposits and withdrawals

Deposits and withdrawals are shown as your own record of moving money, and they are kept apart from trading results. Fillbook makes no statement about whether any of it is taxable.

What it leaves out, and what to do next

Positions still open at year end are not marked to market. Trades can be missing or logged under the wrong asset class, and the figures can differ from your broker's records. The tax page also carries notes about how some futures results are commonly described for tax purposes; this guide does not explain or endorse them, and whether anything applies to you is a question for a tax professional. Your broker's statements and tax forms are the documents of record, so check the summary against them before you rely on it.

Check your own year

Add an own-capital account in Fillbook, log your trades and cash flows, and open the tax page to see the summary for each year.

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Common questions

No. It is arithmetic over the trades and cash flows you logged, for your own record. It may be incomplete or wrong, and your broker's statements and tax forms are the documents of record.

No. Fillbook does not decide how anything is taxed. Ask a qualified tax professional about your situation.

The tax page, including the own-capital summary, is part of the Essentials plan and of Core and above. Deposits and withdrawals are logged on the Cash flow page, which has no plan gate.

This guide is general information, not tax, legal or investment advice, and it cannot account for your situation. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss. Consult a qualified tax professional before filing. Read the full disclosures.

For what trading costs over the year, read the guide to commissions and slippage costs.Trading your own capital? See how Fillbook works for your own capital.