Dividends

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The dividends dialog allows you to enter, modify or delete any of the dividends listed in Portfolio Manager.  Since these dividends are stored for each stock, not each transaction you are only required to enter in the dividend details once, even if you hold multiple parcels of the same stock.

The stock code list contains all the stocks that you have held.  After selecting the required stock code from the list, the dividends that have been entered for that stock are displayed in the table.  You can then choose to add a new one to the list, or edit or delete the selected stock.

The dividend details dialog allows you to edit the dividend values.  Here you can enter in the ex-dividend date, date received, the amount per share, percentage of the dividend that is franked and the rate at which the franked percentage is taxed at.  You can also enter in an optional trade note for your reference.

You will notice that you have no options to enter in the number of shares you held at that time, or the total amount received from the dividend.  These values are automatically calculated for you and displayed in the trade list values.