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In this blog, we will understand how you can calculate your F&O turnover to be able to
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₹2,586.25
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However, to do this, you need to calculate your F&O turnover. ONGC
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Firstly, take into account all the favorable and unfavorable transactions made while trading
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For example, in a particular financial year, a person made the following transactions, based Wipro
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on which the turnover for the same has been calculated:

Name Type of Lot Value of Sale Gain/ Turnover

Transaction Size Purchase Value (Loss)

HDFC Future 400 5,000 5,100 40,000 40,000

Bank

Asian Future 500 4,000 3,900 (50,000) 50,000

Paints

ICICI Option 600 6,000 6,500 500 7,000

Bank

HUL Option 600 4,500 3,700 (800) 4,500

19,500 19,200 (10,300) 1,01,500

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Let us understand what happened here:

1. The turnover of all futures transactions was calculated in absolute terms.

We multiply the purchase value by the lot size and then multiply the sales value by the lot
size. The difference between this gives us the profit or loss, which is the turnover.

For 400 lots of HDFC Bank purchased at 5,000 and sold at 5,100, the profit/ (loss) of 40,000
is the turnover. Similarly, for 500 lots of Asian Paints purchased at 4,000 and sold at 3,900,
the profit/ (loss) of 50,000 is the turnover.

2. The turnover of all options transactions is not calculated in absolute terms. It has
been calculated as:

Sale value + absolute profit/ (loss)

Thus, for 600 lots of ICICI Bank purchased at 6,000 and sold at 6,500, the profit made was
500. Adding the sales value of 6,500 to this, the turnover is 7,000.
Similarly, for 600 lots of HUL purchased at 4,500 and sold at 3,700, a loss of 800 was
made. Adding 800 to the sales value of 3,700, the turnover comes out to be 4,500

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Now, the final turnover on all these transactions made in a portfolio was calculated by
adding all the turnovers of all transactions. Therefore, the final turnover for all the
transactions will be 1,01,500.

After calculating the turnover simply based on the transactions, we now have to take into
account the expenses and deduct them from the turnover.

You can add all the electricity expenses, STT, commission paid to brokers, internet and rent
payments, etc. to calculate the final expenses.

Let’s assume the final expenses were pegged at 5,000.

So, the turnover will be:

1,01,500 – 5,000 = 96,500

Therefore, the final turnover of the portfolio above is 96,500.

The Takeaway

It must be noted here that the turnover for futures and options are calculated differently.
Calculating the correct turnover is essential to calculating the accurate tax that you owe on
the transactions. Any error in calculating the right turnover can mean inaccurate tax
payment which may make you liable for penalty.

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