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A declared cash dividend is recorded by debiting the dividend account and crediting the dividend payable account.
If dividend income received: Debit Cash / bank Credit Dividend income If dividend income receivable: Debit Dividend income receivable Credit Dividend income
Dividend received is an investing activity and not an operating activity.
Dividend received is the amount received by company from investing in other companies and shows in cash flows from investing activities.
Cash dividend paid has nothing to deal with net income as net income is calculated first and after that it is distributed. If cash dividend is received then it is included in net income calculations and increases the net income.
[Debit] Cash 1450 [Credit] dividend income 1450
If stock dividend is received then it will be shown under cash flows from investing activities while if stock dividend is paid then it is shown under cash flow from financing activities.
If dividend received is reinvested then there is no journal entry is required and this information can be mentioned through the use of memo entry.There is no journal entry required for dividend received reinvested as nothing is received by person or company so memo entry is enough for information purpose.
dividend will affect the cash flow when actual cash is paid and not at the time of declaration of dividend.
It is a Cash Dividend
Dividend receivable Debit Cash dividend Credit Cash Debit Dividend receivable Credit
if receiveddebit cash / bankcredit dividend incomeif paydebit dividendcredit cash / dividend payable etc