How to enter bond purchase (with accrued interest) in Portfolio Slicer?

samirbud

Hi everyone,

I have been using Portfolio Slicer since 2015 and I really appreciate the hard work and continued support by Mr. Vidas. The tool has been extremely useful for me over the years.

I recently purchased some bonds in the Indian market and I’m trying to record them correctly in Portfolio Slicer.
The total settlement amount I paid includes:

the purchase price (clean price × units), and

the accrued interest from the last coupon date up to the purchase date.

I am not sure what is the correct way to enter this in Portfolio Slicer so that:

my cost basis,

income (coupon payments), and

value changes over the holding period

are all tracked accurately.

Should I enter the full settlement amount as a single BUY transaction, or should accrued interest be recorded separately (for example, as a negative dividend)?
If someone has experience recording bond purchases with accrued interest in Portfolio Slicer, I would really appreciate your guidance.

Thank you in advance!

Regards,
Samir

VidasMatelis

Hi,

I would record accrued interest as a separate dividend transaction with a negative amount.

samirbud

Thank You Mr Vidas.
Yes this method works fine with me.
Regards,
Samir