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Thx for your comment. I must admit I just learned about FIFO/LIFO for stocks. Seems in the US, the regime is FIFO on stocks unless you declare otherwise .. but
by throwawaybbqed 9y ago
Thx for your comment. I must admit I just learned about FIFO/LIFO for stocks. Seems in the US, the regime is FIFO on stocks unless you declare otherwise .. but you have the option to change it (as I understood from a few hours of reading online). Forex is still mystifying me because one can also spend forex for goods. I assume you have expenses overseas too ... do you just average out the value of the forex account or account for individual transactions. I think I read somewhere that forex and equities are treated differently in some ways.
Wish there was a dummies book on this. I do have an accountant btw but want to learn myself.
- mikekchar 9y agoYeah, when we go to the UK we have to keep all of the receipts. Then you basically "sell" the currency for whatever it is trading at then. We use the price at the end of the trading day and I think we use London prices (but I would have to check with my accountant). I assume for crypto currencies you would have to specify the exchange you are quoting against and not change it, but I'm not sure.