tax on capital gains, page-19

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    If the ATO accepts your "trader" status, then whether you are trading shares or potatoes, the same accounting prinicple applies:
    a) Value of opening stock = $x
    b) +/-, sales/purchases of stock = $+/-y
    c) closing value of stock = $z
    "trading" income for the year = x ((+/-))y -z
 
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