Wednesday, March 4, 2015

自动退税W-8 WITHHOLDING

今天(28/2/2015)打开美国证卷TD Ameritrade 的户头里的现金“突然”多了。咦,是财神爷还是圣诞老人给的?打开账户记录,发觉25/2/2015多了几项W-8 WITHHOLDING



Ali 也不懂什么来的。上网找找,发现在绿角博客有介绍。

原来这是自动退税。美国股票股息会被扣除30%tax,如果用本地(马来西亚)的证卷商,还会被扣服务费,最终没剩多少钱。有时还不够缴交服务费(如果扣除后是负数,不用补贴)。很多时候,被扣除30%tax股息不吸引了。

但是如果用美国证卷商(例如TD Ameritrade),只是扣tax,没有服务费。一般上,bondtipETF,去年被预扣税,今年二月都会自动退税,就会有几笔钱入账。退税率50%95%,以我的BIVBLV为例,(前者是中期债卷,后者是长期债卷),BIV取回83.9%退税,BLV则是取回76.6%退税。那么我的ETF股息只是缴交5%7%的税务,而不是30%TD Ameritrade是提供自动退税,无需申请,无需申报。


可惜个股就没有这项自动退税,股息会被扣除30%tax。所以这也是投资ETF的另一个好处,除了Bondtip ETF,投资REITETF也有自动退税。

关于个股退税,参考《投资美国股票能不能退税?Non-resident alien tax refund

希望有投资外国股票的读者,也欢迎留言分享投资税务经验。


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13 comments:

  1. hi,
    i using optionxpress to trade US stock.
    My dividend(US stock) oso kena 30% tax.

    But , we have advantage over US citizen: we will not kena 'short term gain tax'
    http://taxes.about.com/od/capitalgains/a/CapitalGainsTax.htm

    It means selling stock with profit for less than ONE year holding will kena tax. (For US citizen)

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    1. @lee,
      ic, just know that US citizen kena short term capital gain tax, no wonder they shall invest long term.

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  2. Hi Ali,

    To open Ameritrade account, you need Your Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) .

    What did you key in for that?

    Regards,
    Mak

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    1. Hi Mak
      welcome to my blog.
      I left it blank when last time i applied, it shall be ok for non-US resident .
      Do you have any referral, if no, can I be your referral?
      TD ameritrade will award $50 for referral friend

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  3. Hi Ali, No I don't have referral.

    Give me your ID or referral link I ^^

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    1. Hi Mak, you can PM me by email (boonlee77@gmail.com), then I will send you the invitation link to open account TD ameritrade. I will share you, my two cents worth experience with TD.
      Thank you

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  4. Hi Ali,
    如果TD Ameritrade个股没有自动退税,请问当局是怎样退税给股票拥有人的?
    谢谢!

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    1. 个股没有自动退税。你有投资美股?有什么证商?你有收到 form 1042-S?

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  5. ali 请问reits 也肯定 能退税吗?不然30%的课税对盈利影响很大,尤其我是股息派的注重股息投资

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    1. 有些,如VNQ(32.9%auto refund),其余需向IRS申请。不是全部broker 有退税服务,每家broker退税标准不同。

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  6. hi, is there a way to claim back the 30% tax deducted?
    Thks

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  7. 如果是普通share,可以退税吗?要如何退税?

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    1. 参考http://aliinvest.blogspot.com/2016/08/non-resident-alien-tax-refund.html

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