We are pleased to provide you with a new trading summary to help you in preparing your tax return. The ScotiaMcLeod Annual Trading Summary is provided to assist you in calculating reportable income associated with activity in your regular (non-Registered) account.

While the Annual Trading Summary does not include any calculations or tabulations, it does list all the trade-related activity* that took place during during the year to assist you in calculating any gains or losses on disposition of a security or securities in your account. For some clients, this will also replace the Discount Instrument Activity Statement sent out in previous years, which detailed income received on discount instruments such as T-Bills.

Please note that the Annual Trading Summary is not a tax document; it is provided for information purposes only, and does not need to be filed with your tax return.

We hope you find this new Annual Trading Summary helpful. If you have any further questions about this or any of the tax documents you have received from ScotiaMcLeod, please contact your ScotiaMcLeod Wealth Advisor who would be pleased to assist you.

*Trade related activity refers to the following transactions which are included on the Annual Trading Summary:

• Sells, Buys
• Stock Dividends and Splits
• Reverse Splits
• Purchases, including Pre-Authorized Trading, Pre-Authorized Chequing, Equity and Mutual Fund dividend reinvestment
• Redemptions, Maturities, Systematic Withdrawal Programs
• Contributions in kind to an Registered Retirement Savings Plan
• RRSP Swaps (Paid, Withdraw, Refund)
• Name Changes, Mergers
• Expiries, Exercises, Rights, Warrants, Options, Mortgage Backed Securities entries
• Deliver against Payment (DAP) Sales
• Option Assignments

Click here to see a sample trading summary (.pdf 43k).

The information contained on this website is for use by persons resident in Canada only.