For 1042-S reporting purposes, interest income is considered portfolio income by default. To treat interest income as non-portfolio income, the asset associated with the income must be coded as a non-portfolio asset. Before an asset can be coded as a non-portfolio asset, create a custom register to code assets as non-portfolio assets.
Creating a Custom Register to Code Assets as Non-Portfolio Assets
To create a custom register to code assets as non-portfolio assets:
From the Register Listing page, move to the
Comprehensive Asset List
base register.
Select Modify Register Properties for the register.
Open the
Information
collapsible section.
Change the name in the
Register Name
field to the name for your custom register. You can change the information in any of the other fields listed under the
Information
collapsible section.
Select the register scope from the
Scope
drop-down list.
Select
Save As
. The Register Properties page for your custom register displays.
In the first grid under the
Detail Columns
collapsible section, add the
Non-portfolio interest income
column. This column is in the
Asset Master Information
category. To add the column, select the check box to the left of the
Category
column then select
Add
above the grid.
The column is moved to the last row in the second grid under the
Detail Columns
collapsible section.
In the third grid under the
Detail Columns
collapsible section, you can move the
Non-portfolio interest income
column so that it is not the last column in the register. To move the column, select and hold the column heading, then drag and drop it where you want to move it to. The following graphic shows the column as it is moved from the last column to its new location as the first column:
Select
Save
.
Select
REGISTERS
to return to the Register Listing page.
Coding an Asset as a Non-Portfolio Asset
To code an asset as a non-portfolio asset:
From the Register Listing page, select Run for the custom asset register you created for coding assets as non-portfolio assets.
For each asset you want to code as a non-portfolio asset, select