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How dividend tracking works

Metrifly tracks dividends in two steps: detection and confirmation. DRP adds a linked reinvestment lifecycle so income and share acquisition stay separate.

  1. Announced: provider has declared a dividend.
  2. Unconfirmed: ex-date passed and you held the security.
  3. Paid: you confirmed the dividend.

Only confirmed dividends count in portfolio income and tax reports.

When DRP applies, Metrifly stores:

  • a Dividend income row
  • a linked Dividend Reinvestment row

The reinvestment row can be provisional until reviewed. It only affects share quantity and cost base after confirmation.

Dividends page with income summary, monthly chart and income breakdown

On Performance → Dividends:

  • Summary strip: income, yield, franking, next payment
  • Income breakdown: grouped event table with unconfirmed filter
  • Automatic DRP review queue: provisional DRP and cash-conversion items
  • Top dividend payers: trailing income leaders

DRP confirmation may depend on:

  • shares allotted and issue price
  • participation mode (full/partial)
  • rounding policy
  • residual balance brought forward/carried forward

Because those values change acquisition cost base, DRP items are intentionally routed to review instead of blind bulk confirmation.

Bulk confirm is cash-only and guarded. If a dividend is part of a DRP path, it is classified as requires review and left unconfirmed.