PIT-8C

pit8c is a command-line tool that assists you in preparing the Polish PIT-8C declaration for investment income. It transforms raw broker reports into tax-ready documents by handling complex calculations, currency conversions, and FIFO trade matching - all while adhering to Polish tax regulations.

Table of Contents

• Example Use Case
• Installation
• Usage
• Using as a Library
• Testing
• Contributing
• License

Example Use Case

Marta, a Polish investor, made 200+ stock trades in 2024 through Freedom24, including US and EU stocks. Since Freedom24 is based in Cyprus, it doesn't generate a PIT-8C declaration. So Marta needs to:

1. Match each sale to its original purchase (including partial closures)
2. Convert all foreign amounts to PLN using NBP rates from transaction dates
3. Calculate total income/costs for tax declaration
4. Manually fill the PIT-8C declaration

With pit8c, she simply runs:

pit8c freedom24 ./reports --year 2024

The tool automatically:

• Reads one XLSX report or a directory with multiple annual reports
• Matches sales with purchases using FIFO
• Applies correct NBP exchange rates (even for weekend trades)
• Generates ready-to-submit PIT-8C (.pdf file)
• Creates audit-ready XLSX with all calculations

No more spreadsheet errors or manual rate lookups. 🚀

Installation

• Python 3.11 or later is required.

Using pip (from PyPi)

1. Install via pip:

   pip install pit8c
   

2. Now you can use the pit8c command:

   pit8c --help
   

Using uv (only for developers)

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/iyazerski/pit8c.git
   cd pit8c
   

2. Install dependencies via uv:

   uv sync
   

3. To run the CLI:

   uv run pit8c --help
   

Usage

Processing an Annual Report

To calculate PIT-8C for a given tax year, pass either:

• a single annual report .xlsx, or
• a directory containing multiple annual reports .xlsx (recommended, so FIFO can match prior-year buys).

pit8c --broker <broker> --reports-path <reports_path> --year <tax_year>

• broker: the broker’s name (lowercase).
• reports_path: path to a single XLSX report or a directory with multiple reports.
• tax_year: the year for which PIT-8C should be calculated (only positions with sell date in that year are included).

The tool will:

1. Read one or more broker XLSX files.
2. Convert all trades (buy and sell) into an internal unified structure based on ISIN and currency.
3. Apply FIFO matching across all provided years to determine partial closures.
4. Select only positions closed (sold) in the requested tax year.
5. Compute income and costs for selected positions.
6. Generate PIT-8C PDF report and save it near the input path.
7. Print D section of PIT-8C report to console.
8. Write the closed positions near the input file (for audit).

Example:

pit8c --broker freedom24 --reports-path ./reports --year 2025

Using as a Library

Use the Pit8c class to run the same pipeline from Python code:

from pathlib import Path
from pit8c import Pit8c

pit8c = Pit8c(broker="freedom24")
result = pit8c.process_reports_path(reports_path=Path("./reports"), tax_year=2024)

print(result.totals.income_pln, result.totals.costs_pln)
print(result.artifacts.pit8c_pdf_path)

If you already have parsed trades, run the pipeline without reading XLSX:

from pit8c import Pit8c

# trades: list[Trade]
pit8c = Pit8c(write_pdf=False, write_xlsx=False)
result = pit8c.process_trades(trades, tax_year=2024)

Testing

We use pytest for testing. Critical logic parts are covered (e.g. FIFO algorithm, trades parsing).

To run the tests:

uv run pytest

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or create a pull request:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Open a pull request towards the main branch.

Be sure to include tests to cover new functionality or bug fixes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Disclaimer: This tool is provided as-is. The authors and contributors are not responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions in the tax calculations. Always consult a certified tax adviser or official resources to verify the correctness of your tax returns.