220 CMR, 50, 419

Current through Register 1533, October 25, 2024
Section 419 - Interest and Dividend Income
A. This account shall include interest revenues on securities, loans, notes, advances, special deposits, tax refunds and all other interest-bearing assets, and dividends on stocks of other companies, whether the securities on which the interest and dividends are received are carried as investments or included in sinking or other special fund accounts.
B. If any interest or dividends are required to be retained in a special fund and the fund is represented by a reserve, the amount of such accretion to the fund shall concurrently be credited to the appropriate reserve account and charged to account 436, Appropriations of Surplus.
C. This account may include the prorata amount necessary to extinguish (during the interval between the date of acquisition and the date of maturity) the difference between the cost to the utility and the face value of interest-bearing securities. Amounts thus credited or charged shall be concurrently included in the accounts in which the securities are carried.
D. Where significant in amount, expenses, including operating taxes and income taxes, applicable to security investments and to interest and dividend revenues thereon shall be charged hereto.

220 CMR, 50, 419

Interest accrued, the payment of which is not reasonably assured, dividends receivable which have not been declared or guaranteed, and interest or dividends upon reacquired securities issued or assumed by the utility shall not be credited to this account.