Earlier this month I set up a US $ side within my InvestorLine RRSP. Then I funded it by moving some stocks I owned from the Canadian $ side to the US $ side. Unfortunately, I outwitted myself and moved them after the Date of Record for the next dividend payment. So where did the dividend appear?
TD Pays a Dividend on July 31 to Owners of Record
When I transferred some TD stock, I left most of the shares on the Canadian dollar side of my RRSP. I only transferred a portion to the new US dollar side.
The entire July 31 TD dividend payment appeared on the Canadian side of my RRSP account.
I had not been sure whether InvestorLine would push part of the dividend through to the US dollar side of the account to follow the shares or not. And I had wondered what exchange rate and fee they would apply if they did. They didn’t so they didn’t apply anything.
The Moral of the Story: Watch those Dates of Record Before Shifting Stock
As I mentioned in my earlier post, pay more attention to the date of record than I did and you can avoid this confusion!
Related Reading
- How to Set Up a USD Journal within your InvestorLine RRSP
- How to Transfer a Stock from the Canadian Side to the American Side of Your InvestorLine RRSP
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