Selling NISA: FIFO?

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banders
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Selling NISA: FIFO?

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Suppose I bought the same shares or index funds each year in SBI NISA and when it's time for the 2019 to rollover, I decide to cash out before the end of 2023. Supposing 2019 NISA shows 100 units of whatever shares/index. Do I just sell 100 and they will automatically be removed from the oldest NISA year (2019), i.e., first in, first out? I've never sold part of a holding.
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Re: Selling NISA: FIFO?

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Yes it is FIFO.

This is SBI's FAQ on it:
https://faq.sbisec.co.jp/answer/5ee33d3 ... 0011c1821f

Daiwa:
https://daiwa.dga.jp/faq_detail.html?id=1251

Nomura:
https://www.nomura.co.jp/terms/japan/se/A02496.html

All of them say that when you sell, it sells from the oldest per account (general, designated, NISA).
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Re: Selling NISA: FIFO?

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Many thanks, zeroshiki! I felt stupid asking the question but it seemed such a fundamental question that I hadn't seen addressed.
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Re: Selling NISA: FIFO?

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zeroshiki wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:29 am Yes it is FIFO.

This is SBI's FAQ on it:
https://faq.sbisec.co.jp/answer/5ee33d3 ... 0011c1821f

Daiwa:
https://daiwa.dga.jp/faq_detail.html?id=1251

Nomura:
https://www.nomura.co.jp/terms/japan/se/A02496.html

All of them say that when you sell, it sells from the oldest per account (general, designated, NISA).
It's clear that it's FIFO for NISA.
But my understanding for designated/tokutei accounts is that it's weighted average (at least that's what Monex seem to say). I think that's one of the differences between a designated and a general account (which I assume is FIFO).
I've not sold any part holdings so can't talk from experience though, so happy to be corrected.

torata
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Re: Selling NISA: FIFO?

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torata wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:25 am
zeroshiki wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:29 am Yes it is FIFO.

This is SBI's FAQ on it:
https://faq.sbisec.co.jp/answer/5ee33d3 ... 0011c1821f

Daiwa:
https://daiwa.dga.jp/faq_detail.html?id=1251

Nomura:
https://www.nomura.co.jp/terms/japan/se/A02496.html

All of them say that when you sell, it sells from the oldest per account (general, designated, NISA).
It's clear that it's FIFO for NISA.
But my understanding for designated/tokutei accounts is that it's weighted average (at least that's what Monex seem to say). I think that's one of the differences between a designated and a general account (which I assume is FIFO).
I've not sold any part holdings so can't talk from experience though, so happy to be corrected.

torata
For NISA, they have to account for which period the Units/Shares were purchased to know which NISA year was disposed of.
In the New NISA that will be especially important as selling will release Lifetime Allowance equal to the price paid for the Actual Units/Shares sold, so they will have to know how much was actually paid for the Actual Units/Shares sold to credit that amount back to the Lifetime Allowance.

For all other taxable accounts, Units/Shares are Fungible, they are all the same, so you cannot designate which Units/Shares are sold, but according to Japanese Tax Rules you have to set the Tax Basis as the Average Price Paid for all Units/Shares of the instrument owned, regardless of when they were purchased and then calculate the taxable gain from there.
:
:
This Guide to Japanese Taxes, English and Japanese Tai-Yaku 対訳, is now a little dated:

https://zaik.jp/books/472-4

The Publisher is not planning to publish an update for '23 Tax Season.
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Re: Selling NISA: FIFO?

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If it's FIFO, would it be safe to assume that a unit that was purchased in Nisa 2018 and rolled over into Nisa 2023 would not be sold before a unit in Nisa 2019 even though the Nisa 2018 unit was the acquired earlier? The rollover would trigger a change in its position in the FIFO queue, correct?
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