TradeTax: Forex Tax & MT4/MT5

Turn messy broker statements into accountant-ready tax summaries in seconds — completely offline, secure, and private.

TradeTax is a purpose-built foreign exchange (FX) tax preparation and annual P&L estimation tool designed for retail and professional traders. Whether you trade with MetaTrader 4 (MT4) or MetaTrader 5 (MT5), TradeTax parses your closed-trade statements, extracts realized profits and losses, converts foreign account currency into local currency (KES), deducts valid trading expenses, and calculates estimated income tax liability according to progressive tax rules.

FROM BROKER STATEMENT TO FILING SUMMARY IN MINUTES
Year-end tax season shouldn't mean days of manual spreadsheets. TradeTax processes hundreds of closed trade tickets across MT4 and MT5 HTML or CSV exports, factoring in broker commissions, financing swap, benchmark exchange rates, and VPS costs with zero server uploads.

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CORE FEATURES & STATEMENT ENGINES
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1. INSTANT MT4 & MT5 STATEMENT PARSER
• Universal Format Support: Easily import closed-trade statements exported in HTML or CSV format from MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 terminals.
• Complete Ticket Processing: Automatically detects closed trade tickets, open/close timestamps, traded symbols, lot volume, gross profit, commissions, swaps, and realized net P&L.
• Intelligent Noise Filtering: Automatically isolates trading tickets from account deposits, withdrawals, and internal balance transfers.

2. TAX-YEAR AGGREGATION & CURRENCY CONVERSION
• Tax Year Filtering: Isolate trades closed precisely within your statutory tax filing year (Jan 1 – Dec 31).
• Currency Normalization: Seamlessly convert foreign account currencies (USD, EUR, GBP) into Kenyan Shillings (KES) using customizable benchmark exchange rates.
• Monthly & Annual Breakdowns: Visualize your realized performance month-by-month with high-contrast P&L charts.

3. DEDUCTIBLE TRADING EXPENSE LOG
• Itemized Expense Tracking: Log allowable trade-related operational costs including VPS hosting subscriptions, trading data feeds, charting tools, and hardware.
• Net Assessable Income: Automatically subtracts allowable trading expenses from gross trading earnings to calculate net taxable trading income.

4. KENYA TAX BAND SIMULATION (KRA READY)
• Progressive Rate Simulation: Calculates estimated individual tax obligations against official Kenya Revenue Authority progressive personal income tax bands (24% – 35%).
• Annual Personal Relief: Automatically factors in standard personal relief (KES 28,800/year) and deductible bands.

5. ACCOUNTANT-READY PDF EXPORT
• Professional PDF Summary: Generate clean, formatted, itemized annual trading tax reports ready to hand directly to your CPA, tax agent, or accountant.
• Complete Audit Trail: Includes calculation methodology, exchange rate benchmarks, itemized expense breakdowns, and statement verification checksums.

6. 100% PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE ONLY
• Zero Server Uploads: Statements are parsed strictly inside your smartphone's sandboxed local storage.
• No Broker Logins Required: Never enter broker passwords, API keys, or banking credentials.
• Total Data Ownership: Reset or wipe your local records with a single tap at any time.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATIONAL DISCLAIMER
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TradeTax is an arithmetic preparation tool and informational calculation aid. TradeTax does not provide legal, accounting, or formal tax advice, and is not affiliated with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) or any government agency. Always consult a certified tax professional before submitting statutory tax returns.

Recent changes:
Initial Release