How to import Dividends from Share Register into Personal Tax

Introduction

This topic explains how to import dividend information from the Share Register in the Company Secretarial Module into Personal Tax.

• Prior to importing the dividends into Personal Tax, ensure the share information and the dividends have been setup in the Company Secretarial module within the Share Register.

1. From the Personal Tax menu bar select Client | Select

2. Highlight the client and click Select.

3. Select Edit | Capital Assets.
   
   The following screen displays.

4. Select Share Holdings on the left-hand side of the screen.

5. Click the ADD icon at the top of the screen or select Edit | Share Holding | Add Share Holding
   
   
   
   The following screen displays.

6. Click the magnifying glass next to the Master Group field to select a quoted company from the master list. This will populate the Company Name and Share Class automatically.
   
   
   
   The following screen displays.
   
   The Listed Companies option is selected default.
   

7. Select the IRIS Companies option.

8. Select the company from the list that dividend information needs importing for and click OK.
   
   
   

9. Complete the following fields:

   Share Class	Ordinary
   Date Acquired	Enter date
   Amount Paid	5000
   Total Number Shares	5000

• You can use the <Tab> key to move between fields.

10. Click OK to save the new Share Holding.
    
    The new Share Holding displays.
    
11. Highlight the Shareholding and click the Dividends icon.
    
    
    
    The following screen displays.
    

12. Highlight the holding and select the relevant tax year from the Show Dividends For drop-down list.

13. Click Import.
    
    
    

• The Dividends will be imported from the Share Register as follows.

14. Click Close.

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