New method for accrued dividends

The latest version of the FundCount software helps automate the dividend accrual and settlement process. Now, instead of having to do general ledger entries to handle the accruals and settlements, FundCount asks you to assign an "Accrued dividends account" for any brokerage account holding dividend paying stocks.

Then when it comes time to enter the dividend into the database (Securities>>Corporate Actions Long>>Cash distribution), you select the security, then select the account that holds the security, then enter payment date and ex-dividend date, and now the software will automatically accrue the dividend at the ex-dividend date and settle the cash payment at the payment date.

The fact that the software automatically handles the cash settlement means that there will for the first time be entries in the database that cannot be edited via "Edit transaction" in the View/Edit/Delete All Transactions window. The only way to edit the cash settlements is to go back to the original entry for the dividend and adjust the payment date. FundCount handles the actual cash settlement entry on its own now.