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PFIC portfolio analyzer

The scanner for a whole portfolio rather than one fund: say where it is held, drop in a positions or transactions export or add each fund by name, and get every holding screened by the same engine a paid return uses — likely PFICs, the ones that need review, the §1291 tax on anything sold this year, and the FBAR, Form 8938 and catch-up questions the account raises. No signup, nothing saved. For a single fund, the PFIC checker is faster; for one known sale, use the Form 8621 calculator.

1 · Where are your investments held?

Optional, but it is what turns a list of funds into a filing picture: the wrapper decides the trust and treaty questions, the balance band decides the FBAR, and the filing history decides the route back.

Country you live inWhere do you hold it (broker)Account or wrapper

Questrade

Questrade gives access to both TSX-listed and US-listed securities. A US-domiciled ETF bought there is not a PFIC; a Canadian mutual fund or TSX-listed ETF generally is. Which one you actually hold is the whole question.

Peak balance of all your non-US accounts this year (for the FBAR test)When did you last file a US tax return? (for the catch-up check)

2 · Import your investments

Drop in a statement, or find each fund by name

A positions export (Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard, Swissquote, DEGIRO, Questrade, Wealthsimple…), a transactions export, or an Interactive Brokers activity statement — as CSV. The file is read in this browser tab and never uploaded. XLSX and PDF are not read yet: export the same table as CSV.

Choose CSV file

3 · Your holdings

Ticker

Fund / company name

Where the fund is based, or its ISIN

Optional — an ISIN resolves the fund outright.PFIC classificationCost basis (USD)

Year-end value (USD)

Needed for the Form 8938 test.PFIC election

Sold part, kept part? Add it as two rows — one held, one sold.

4 · Tax details

Used to size the §1291 charge on anything you sold and the Form 8938 threshold. They don't change which holdings screen as PFICs.

Filing status

Tax year

What this tool answers

One question, answered properly.

It answers

Which of several holdings are PFICs, the §1291 tax on any you sold this year computed by the same engine a paid return uses, and the IRS forms that combination triggers.

It does not answer

Anything about holdings you do not enter, and it does not file. Classification is screening on the facts you give it, not a determination about the fund.

The rest of the PFIC cluster

Each of these answers a different question.

How Atamatax calculations are produced — the tests applied, statutory sources and review cadence — is documented in the methodology, and what is and is not reviewed in accuracy & review. Calculation fixes are recorded in the changelog.