Recognize Dividend Income on a Cash Settlement Basis

Eagle Accounting's dividend processing allow you to recognize dividend income in the accounting ledger on an ex-date basis or on a cash settlement basis. This article describes how to recognize dividend income on a cash settlement basis.

An accounting basis level election is available which indicates whether to recognize dividend income on an ex-date basis or on a cash settlement basis. If you set the election to record income on a cash settlement basis, you can also elect whether to record the dividend income using the ex-date FX rate or the settlement date FX rate. You can override this basis-level election at the security-specific level, using Security Processing Rules. The ability to recognize dividend income on a cash settlement basis does not apply to Registered Investment Company (RIC) and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) securities, as a general rule, Dividend processing always recognizes dividend income for RICs and REITs on an ex-date basis, so long as you identify the security using the RIC Flag or REIT Flag options.

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Set Up Entities to Recognize Cash-Based Dividend Income

To support this enhancement, Cash Based Div Recognition Flag field (tag 16160) and the FX Election for Cash Div Recognition field (tag 16161) were added to the panels where you define entities, master funds, accounting bases, and security processing rules.

Set Up Securities when You Recognize Cash-Based Divided Income

The REIT Flag field (tag 16159) was added to the Equity/Mutual Fund panel.

Set Up Reports to Recognize Cash-Based Dividend Income

Several reports were updated to ensure this new cash dividend recognition method is correctly reflected. These reports include Traded Cash Activity, Dividend Income, Consolidated Earned Income, Ledger Sub-Ledger Recon, and Unsettled Transactions.

Set Up Control Center for Cash-Based Dividend Income

In Control Center, the EPDIT edit test was updated. This edit test leverages the Past Due Interest report (SPRECEIVABLEPAYABLEREPORT), and compares the report output results to a user defined day tolerance. If the interest receivable balance is past due (unsettled) and exceeds the tolerance setting, a raised edit test result is delivered to Control Center. An alert is generated for each day that the receivable balance remains unsettled.BLEREPORT), and compares the report output results to a user defined day tolerance. If the interest receivable balance is past due (unsettled) and exceeds the tolerance setting, a raised edit test result is delivered to Control Center. An alert is generated for each day that the receivable balance remains unsettled.