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Dividends

• Post all dividends from stocks under the Securities section, not Cash.
• Select appropriate Cash, or Reinvested Dividend/Distribution options.
• Date received – use date on broker’s statement.
• Ex-Dividend date – With NCA/NOCA it defaults to date received and needs to be filled in.  Automatically completed by bivio.
• Amount – as shown on the broker’s statement.
• Shares bought – on reinvestments, shown on the broker’s statement.
• Price per share – automatically calculated, don’t change it.
• Type – Defaults to dividend, if your broker calls it differently, use that.
• Fees or commissions, if any, from broker’s statement.

Foreign Taxes – Non-US companies may have foreign taxes withheld from their dividend payment. Record the amount received as any other, Cash or Reinvested. Then go to the Foreign Tax screen, and enter the amount that was held back from the total paid. It may be shown on the month-end statement, watch carefully for this activity, it won’t affect your cash total.

Money Market Dividends and Interest

• Enter under Cash transactions, not Securities.
• Choose Dividends or Interest based on your broker’s designation, as they are handled differently for tax liability.