Covered call tax in Australia: records to keep
General information only. This is a record-keeping tool that adds up the premiums and closes in your own broker statement. It is not tax advice and not a tax agent service, and it is not affiliated with the ATO or any broker. It applies no tax treatment. Check your return with a registered tax agent.
A covered call writer collects a premium when the call is sold, and the call then ends in one of a few ways: bought back, expired worthless, or exercised against the shares. Each ending is a separate line in your broker statement.
What you need from your records
- Date and premium of every option you sold or bought
- How each position ended: bought back, expired, assigned or exercised
- The tax year (1 July to 30 June) each event falls in
- The currency and the exchange rate you use for conversion
What the tax treatment is
Official ATO pages could not be opened when this page was built (they returned an access error), so this tool deliberately states no tax treatment. For how options are taxed, start at ato.gov.au capital gains tax and ask a registered tax agent.
This site does not interpret the rules for you. It does the bookkeeping part: sorting your statement by tax year and event so you or your tax agent can apply the rules.
Not tax advice. Not affiliated with the ATO, Interactive Brokers or any broker. Your file is read in your browser and is never uploaded.