the 15% witheld by he US IRA when owning through IB is regardless of the underlyings, as long as the fund is domiciled in US. for VTI as for VEA. and yes, they in both cases th DA-1 procedure should do itâs job (canât tell from experience)
the only hidden difference is that for VTI, nothing else is deducted on the way to your account. for VEA, all non-US-companies might be in countries that withhold some % themselves - the example VWO vs. VFEM estimates 11.5% vs. 9.4% - a small difference.
under the bottom line, if you successfully file DA-1, VWO is cheaper than VFEM. dunno for VEA vs. ??
@weirded: I guess what youâre asking is: why should one buy something like VXUS over an Irish alternative.
The withholding taxes of the countries where the constituents are domiciled will be the same
The withholding tax of the ETF will be 15% in USA (W8BEN) and 0% in Ireland. This tax you will be able to reclaim at your Swiss tax office, so it may be that you donât pay more in the end.
The Irish ETFs have lower liquidity, lower availability and higher TER. There is even no good equivalent to VXUS, which I find strange.
If youâre not in Switzerland, or not in a country with this special agreement with USA, your withholding tax will be 30% and you will not be able to reclaim it. For these kind of people exist these Irish ETFs, I think.
After reading the post and all the content here I still have a question.
My understanding:
US Domiceled Funds/ETF Dividends are taxed 30%.
Once you file W8 then you reduce to 15%
Once you file DA-1 you get the 15% back (or ist is valid only if using a swiss bank?)
Iâve filled the DA-1 but my request was declined.
The reply from the swiss tax officer (SG) was that as IB is not a swiss bank but an english one and they donât return the 15%. Original in German: âNote: kein zusĂ€tzlicher SteuerrĂŒckbehalt, da keine Schweizer-Bank - die engl. Interactive Brokers London rechnet keinen zusĂ€tz. SteuerrĂŒckbehalt ab!â
Iâve added the reports, so they could see that some withholding taxes were paid.
Any chances to get this 15% witholding taxes back? Or is my understanding wrong and I cannot get this back?
On the DA-1 did you insert 15% in both columns - âberechnung pauschaler Steueranrechnungâ and the âZusĂ€tzlicher SteuerrĂŒckbehalt USAâ?
For US shares at Swiss brokers 15% goes in both columns, & is the first is credited and the second is refunded.
For US shares at IB the âZusĂ€tzlicher SteuerrĂŒckbehalt USAâ didnât get subtracted at IB (because itâs a Swiss thing), so you donât put this on DA-1.
The amount in âberechnung pauschaler Steueranrechnungâ (15%) should get credited to your next tax bill though, due to double taxation agreements US-CH.
You may have mixed up the two columns? Then the tax guy was being a bit inflexible but kinda correct. The value should be in the âberechnung pauschaler Steueranrechnungâ.
I am using Degiro and I have invested 30k CHF all in Vanguard ETFs. From January I am planning to invest 70k more for a total of 100k, again all in Vanguard ETFs.
My understanding is when one reaches an investment of 100k USD Interactive Brokers is always a better broker to choose.
I am worried about what happens if IB fails (as in goes bankrupt) will my investment be lost? Or am I protected by SIPC ? Does Degiro has a similar protection? Finally, does the broker choice has any impact on how the US estate tax is applied?
Theoretically the broker is irrelevant for the US estate tax topics, itâs the assets that determine this, i.e. shares of US companies etc.
However a US broker for example may be more pedantic re proof that no estate tax is due than a non-US broker.
Inactivity Fee eliminated at Interactive Brokers.
So even for <100k invested IB does not cost $10 per month any more.
This fee was a certain disadvantage for people with not so much invested and/or slow equity growth rates.
"While many of our clients actively trade or maintain substantial equity in their account, we have decided to eliminate our monthly inactivity fee so there are no impediments to maintaining an account with IBKR.
Effective July 1, 2021, you will no longer be charged USD 10 for not maintaining a minimum balance or transaction activity"
Anybody knows if this is still active for the IBKR Luxemburg. If I understand this correctly, both, the referrer as well as the referred would benefit from this. Iâm thinking about opening a new account.
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