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when posting a dividend entry in sage - it is shown as an overhead expense when i run the p&l...... why is this happening?



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Sage unfortunately have a standard dividends nominal. You can adjust your chart of accounts (or have a second chart of accounts) so that the code doesn't show in the overheads section. Alternatively, some people set up their dividends nominal code in the balance sheet, which obviously doesn't hit the p&l at all. (if you did put it in the balance sheet, they would build up each year unless/until they were manually "cleared")

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Figurate wrote:

Sage unfortunately have a standard dividends nominal. You can adjust your chart of accounts (or have a second chart of accounts) so that the code doesn't show in the overheads section. Alternatively, some people set up their dividends nominal code in the balance sheet, which obviously doesn't hit the p&l at all. (if you did put it in the balance sheet, they would build up each year unless/until they were manually "cleared")


 

Can you advise how you would "manually clear" these from balance sheet?

 

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Ridesy wrote:

Can you advise how you would "manually clear" these from balance sheet?


You'd clear the dividends account by posting the following journal:

DR Profit and loss reserve           x

CR Dividends                                          x



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