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Realized Gains and Losses Report

Contents

Introduction

Why Use the Realized Gains and Losses Report?

Features of the Realized Gains and Losses Report

Add Realized Gains and Losses to the Advisor Dashboard

Realized Gains and Losses Report Settings

Report Actions

 

Introduction

Applies to:
✔ Dynamic ✔ PDF Mobile

✔ Client Portal

The Realized Gains and Losses report displays a table of the gains or losses for transactions in an account or group over a specified period. The report allows you to choose columns from a variety of data points and their order in the report, as well as determine up to two levels of sorting. You can also set custom column widths for this report and preview it to determine if the data fits as expected.

The Realized Gains and Losses report is helpful for estimating a client's potential tax burden and for optimizing trading decisions based on realized gains or losses.

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Why Use the Realized Gains and Losses Report?

In the Realized Gains and Losses report, you will find versatile sorting options that let you answer many questions about accounts and groups, such as:

Example 1

Although the custodian is the final source of record for realized gains and losses, for tax planning purposes, Cherry Street Financial likes to provide clients or their CPAs with estimates of the gains or losses within their accounts on a regular basis.

They use a Realized Gains/Losses PDF template that shows group- and account-level data set to sort by account and then by total gain/loss. It is automatically posted to the client portal.

Example 2

Before making trading recommendations, Cherry Street Financial advisors like to refer to the Realized Gains/Losses report to review the current gains or losses in a client's account. This allows the firm to minimize tax burden as much as possible and to answer the question, "Should I reconsider the funds I'm invested in based on their capital gains?"

They use a dynamic Realized Gains/Losses report sorted to display descending short term gain/loss and then sorted by account. This helps them quickly identify which accounts might benefit from tax optimization.

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Features of the Realized Gains and Losses Report

The dynamic report helps you easily filter and sort data to drill down to meaningful results. Interactive reporting features include:

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Add Realized Gains and Losses to the Advisor Dashboard

You can use dashboard views to see a pared-down, at-a-glance summary of the main dynamic report on your dashboard.

To learn more about creating and managing dashboard views, see Create and Share Dashboard Views.

For more information on customizing your dashboard, visit Add/Edit/Delete Dashboard Modules.

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Realized Gains and Losses Report Settings

The following settings are available for the Realized Gains and Losses report. Click the setting name for more details:

Setting Details Available In...  
Dynamic Report PDF Report Advisor Dashboard PDF
Dashboard
Report Name Designate a unique name for the report view. X   X  
Mark as Publicly Accessible Share the report view. X      
Section Title Designate what the section will be called in the PDF report.   X   X
Theme Designate what theme the section will use.   X    
Header and Footer Choose a unique header and footer for the section or use defaults.   X    
Include Page Break After This Section

Control where page breaks occur in PDF reports.

  X    
Account Grouping Control grouping of accounts and groups.   X    
Realized Gains/Losses Source If you bring in data from Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, or other custodians, you can choose to display their data or the data from Advisor View. X      

Date Period

Select the date period you want to use for the report. X X X X
Transactions Per Page Choose how many accounts, positions, payments, or transactions to display per page. X      
Sort First By/Then By Determine the default order in which the data is displayed. X X   X
Include Non-Taxable Accounts Show or hide non-taxable accounts. X X X X
Show Lot Level Detail View detailed information about the holdings at the trade lot level. X X    
Show Capital Gain Distributions

Include or exclude capital gain distributions.

Includes the following related setting:

  • Include page when there is no data to report

X X    
Available/Selected Columns Choose which columns, rows, indices, or benchmarks are included and in what order. X X X X

 

To learn more about general dynamic reports settings, including how to customize columns, add footers, and more, see:

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Report Actions

You can do any of the following actions with the Realized Gains and Losses report:

Action   Available in Dynamic Report Available in PDF Report
Run Report Run dynamic report or PDF template. X X
Edit Report Edit report view or template. X X
Copy Report Copy report view or template. X X
Delete Report Delete report view or template. X X
Share Report Share report view or template with other firm users. X X
Export to Excel Export report data to a CSV file. X NA
Print Report Print a dynamic report. X X
Site Themes Edit how the dynamic report looks. X  
Learn More About Customizing How PDF Templates Look Edit how the PDF report looks.   X

 

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