Foreign exchange transaction

Foreign exchange transaction

by KAYITARE NKURUNZIZA -
Number of replies: 2

How can we treate dividend paid with parent company and where we recorded?

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Re: Foreign exchange transaction

by ROSINE NIYONKURU -
When the subsidiary pays a dividend, the parent company reduces its investment in the subsidiary by the dividend amount. To do so, the parent company enters a debit to the dividends receivable account and a credit to the investment in subsidiary account on the business day after the record date.
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Re: Foreign exchange transaction

by JEANNETTE KAYIREBWA -
Dividends on common stock are not reported on the income statement since they are not expenses. However, dividends on preferred stock will appear on the income statement as a subtraction from net income in order to report the earnings available for common stock.