Forex over here is deemed as spread betting so it is tax free if you have a job however if it is your full time job you must pay capital gains tax. My question though is can it be used on an EB-5 application? Also what if I started under a year ago and made huge gains, enough to afford an EB-5 investment, can it still be used as a source of fund or are years of tax history required?
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Lynne Feldman
Immigration Attorneys DirectorySounds like it can be used if legal money. We will still need to submit five years of tax returns.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
Immigration Attorneys DirectoryForex can be used. You will, however, need to carefully document where you earned the money to invest and then carefully show each transaction. So it is really just a careful accounting exercise.
Phuong Le
Immigration Attorneys DirectoryFirst of all, congrats on your trading success! Many people dabble but successful traders are rare. Good news for you: your forex gains can absolutely be used as your SOF. Our analysis here would be similar to our clients who have made massive gains in crypto, stocks, or a number of other investments. We would need more information about your initial source of capital that was deposited, the trades you made/gains, whether you have a full-time job or not, and etc. Whether you gained $500K in one month or 10 years is irrelevant - both can be done if documented correctly.
Robert V Cornish Jr
Securities AttorneysAs long as the funds you invested were lawfully obtained and the profits were not the product of fraud or breaking the UK law, there should not be an issue with using your trading profits for an EB-5 investment.
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