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This page describes some of the coupon period fields that you can use when you set up fixed income securities for use with Eagle Accounting. 

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Interest Payment Timing 

Interest Payment Timing (tag 1523). Determines the coupon dates, when more than one possible set of coupon dates can be calculated. If you leave the field value null, by default Eagle Accounting uses the last day of the month for calculating coupons. For example, if the First and Last Coupon Dates of a security are the fifteenth of a month, and you entered Last Day of the Month in the Interest Payment Timing field, the Eagle Accounting earnings process recognizes that the Interest Payment Timing frequency is an invalid entry. Options include:

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Coupon Day of Month (tag 10551). Specifies the day of the month in which the coupon is payable. If you select a value for Business Day Convention (tag 1536) other than None, you must specify the day of the month on which the coupon pays. You can enter a value from 1 to 31.

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