Dividend Data feed issues affecting returns — Support Bulletin 26/07/23
There are issues relating to 2 holdings in the Dividend Data feed in Personal, Business and Trust Tax version 23.2.
Holding 1: HSBC Holdings PLC — $0.50 (ISIN GB0005405286)
An incorrect payment rate is used for the payment on 28 April 2022.
Date | Current Rate (incorrect) | Correct rate |
|---|---|---|
28/4/2022 | £0.185392 | £0.138188 |
Holding 2: Shell PLC — €0.07 (ISIN GB00BP6MXD84)
An incorrect payment rate is used on all 4 payments within 2022/23.
Date | Current Rate (incorrect) | Correct rate |
|---|---|---|
27/6/2022 | £0.1870 | £0.2001 |
20/9/2022 | £0.2190 | £0.2157 |
19/12/2022 | £0.1870 | £0.2061 |
27/03/2023 | £0.2200 | £0.2411 |
Income/Accumulation Unit Trust Dividends
Equalisation isn't automatically calculated on in-year purchases where needed.
Identify clients using Query Manager
To help you identify affected clients, we've provided some queries for HSBC and Shell.
- In Personal, Business and Trust Tax, selectTools, thenQuery Manager.
- SelectTemporary (Work in progress).
- SelectNew, thenQuery.
- SelectAdvanced, thenYes.
- Download the HSBC query or Shell query and paste it into the main part of theAdvanced Querywindow.
- Enter a name for the query, then selectOK.
- Run the Client Details report:
- Go toReports,Client Details, thenUse Query.
- Select the name of your query, thenOK.
Updated Dividend Data feed
This issue will be resolved in the next release of Personal, Business and Trust Tax, version 23.2 (anticipated late 2023). If you prefer to update the dividend data feed manually before then, follow these instructions:
- Download the updated Dividend files.
- Unzip the files and copy them toC:\Program Files (x86)\Digita\Personal Tax\Dividend\22-23\noteThis will overwrite the existing files when prompted.
- Install these files on any workstations using Digita, Personal Business and Trust Tax.
note
If you use DVO, you don't need to download the files because this will be done on your behalf.