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                           C H A P T E R   6 

           R E C O R D I N G   D I V I D E N D   I N C O M E 


When  selected from the main menu, the "RECORD DIVIDEND INCOME" option 
allows  you  to  maintain  a running account of income received in the 
form of dividends from investments in your securities portfolios.

After  you  select  this  option,  the "RECORD DIVIDEND INCOME FROM ?" 
menu  screen  appears  listing  all securities in your data base.  You 
will select the security from which the dividend income was derived.

If  the security you have selected resides in more than one portfolio, 
a  second  menu  listing  the  portfolios  which  contain the selected 
security  will  be  displayed.  Select the appropriate portfolio using 
the cursor keys as with other menus.  

After  you have selected the security and portfolio (if necessary),  a 
data  entry screen will appear and you will be requested to  enter the
information as shown Table 6-1.

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         ³ DATA REQUESTED  ³ EXAMPLE   ³ DESCRIPTION        ³
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         ³ Date Received   ³ 12/15/87  ³ Month, Day, & Year ³
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         ³ Amount Received ³ 256.20    ³ Dollar Amount      ³
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                               Table 6-1

Maintenance  of  dividends  received using this option is important as
it  gives  the  program  the data necessary to compute dividend income
for tax reporting purposes.