Where did the charge in my activity statement's Fees section for ADR Fee come from?

Stamp taxes and transaction taxes, where applicable, are passed through to our clients on top of our standard commission charge. You can see details of any stamp taxes charged in the Transaction Fees section of your Activity Statements. Below is a list of the taxes charged by various countries…

Form 1099 reporting may result in a disparity between what appears on your monthly and yearly activity statements and what is reported on your Form 1099. For example, transactions reported on Form 1099 must be reported on the trade date. Your activity statements may reflect transactions based on the settlement date. In addition, unlike dividends from individual securities which are taxed in the year dividends are paid, mutual fund distributions declared as payable to shareholders of record in October, November or December and paid in January of the following year are taxable to shareholders based on the record date, and not the payment date. Mutual fund distributions with a December record date and paid in January 2, are reported and taxed as dividend distributions in the year they were declared…

If you are enrolled in the Dividend Reinvestment Program (DRIP) and are a shareholder as of the Record Date for an eligible stock, the reinvestment will generally take place on the business day following that on which the issuer paid the dividend. DRIP purchases are recorded in the Trade section of your Activity Statement and will be accompanied by a Code of R (Dividend Reinvestment)…

Your account is a multi currency account which allows you to transfer, hold and trade any currency IBKR offers. For each currency, cash is segregated in specific bank or custody accounts in different locations where funds have to be sent to depending on the currency. Assets in your account may be held by different depositories and custodians under IBKR’s street name, depending on the market. For example, DTC for U.S. and CCASS for Hong Kong stocks…