How do I Report on Interest Earned in a Fidelity Brokerage Account

Thank you Steve. I appreciate the suggestions but still cannot get transactions on the report.

Funny thing about changing the Payee Name; I have opened up the transaction and changed the Payee and clicked "Update" several times, but when I reopen the transaction the Payee is always back to the original Payee as if my change is not saving or Simplifi changes it back just like the click the Exclude from Reports each time I update. I have not been able to change the Payee name.

The Payee on the listed transactions automatically shows SPAXX even though the Payee Name on the transaction detail is "Dividend Received." I have attempted to change this multiple times to all sorts of things and the change does not save when I update.

Excluded Accounts: These accounts are NOT excluded from Spending Plan nor Reports. Other transactions in these accounts show up on the reports just fine. The only accounts I have excluded are the retirement accounts.

I am open to other ideas. I've had my own ideas, but I just renewed! 😉

Thank you Jon.

When I uncheck either or both of the checkboxes "Exclude from" "Spending Plan" and/or "Reports" and click on Submit the transaction saves and after about one second, the Excluded from SP and Reports icons show up in the transaction list and these transactions do not show on reports.

I have cleared the checkbox "Exclude from Reports" individually, cleared it at the same time that I clear the exclude from SP, it does not matter if I clear these in one submit or individually, Simplifi will always re-check these after a second or so. I have attempted this a few dozen times, nothing works.

I have changed the Payee name several times as well, but after clicking on Submit, the payee goes back to the original name with SPAXX in the transaction list and "Dividend Received" in the transaction detail. (I do not have a rule on this.)

Note: I did clear the amount from the screenshot, but all other fields are original.

Is there a way to get the transaction to show up on the report?

The transactions are excluded from reports no matter what I do.

@Coach Jon and @SRC54

Thank you both for the helpful insight! I had no idea that there was no way to categorize splits or link to recurring reminders in a brokerage account, that really makes me think twice.

I will change the type on the 'savings' account to brokerage and play now that I know that the Savings Goals are not impacted! (We have a BUNCH of Savings Goals!) 😎

@SRC54 I edited the "Savings Account" in Simplifi to show that it is a brokerage account to match the account type at Fidelity. The difference is huge and immediate. Since all my deposits go into the brokerage account I no longer have any income showing in Simplifi! I see what you are saying that I can manually reclassify each transaction manually, which is now my only option to show any transactions on a Report.

Changing the Type of account as Brokerage does not solve the initial issue that I was having. What I call "interest earned" is now forced classified as "Income Dividend" and the Income Dividend is automatically excluded from both Spending Plan and Reports. I see where I can look at the transactions and filter on "Income Dividend" but the desire was to provide a report on all income sources and that I still cannot figure out in Simplifi. So the original question remains: How do I Report on Interest Earned in a Fidelity Brokerage Account?

@Coach Jon : I am noticing that my Checking Account (CMA) at Fidelity is having similar issues. Transactions that are indeed expenses are excluded from Reports and each time I un-check the "exclude from reports" check box, Simplifi will automatically check the box again a few seconds later. I do NOT have any rules that would automatically exclude from reports and the account is NOT excluded from reports. A few recent transactions ARE exposed to reports like the power bill, so I know that the account is not excluded from reports.

For example,

An ATM withdrawal for example is excluded from Spending Plan and Reports and each time that I un-click the checks to exclude from Spending Plan and/or Reports, Simplifi will re-check these boxes to exclude from SP and Reports. Now an ATM withdrawal is an actual expense so this really needs to be listed on the report of expenses.

An ACH debit from my county came out and it is excluded from Reports and I have no way to show it on reports.

I would like an accurate way to show all categorized transactions on reports. I have used the reports to accurately show all expenses to determine my retirement date and I am certainly hoping that the information is accurate and yet now I am seriously doubting that the reports actually include known expenses. How do I accurately report on transactions when the transactions automatically exclude themselves from reports?

Steve, It looks like your screenshots remain in the transaction log held within the account. How do I get these transactions to show up on the Report with other accounts showing all income and expenses in the same Report when Simplifi automatically excludes transactions from Reports?

Categorizing transactions daily is worthless if we cannot pull reports that accurately depict the totals of those categorizations. What I am seeing is both expenses and income that are automatically excluded when the account is not excluded and I do everything that I can to include these transactions on reports.

So the question remains; How can I get all our income and expenses to show up on Reports in Simplifi?

@SRC54 Thank you for the points here.

Yes, I have made these accounts manual and then reconnected again. I have changed the type of account on the brokerage account to brokerage to match the account type at Fidelity.

The problematic accounts are NOT retirement accounts. Only our retirement accounts are excluded from reports, the Checking/Savings/Brokerage accounts are NOT excluded from reports, so I would assume that the income and expense transactions in these accounts would show up on the reports, but some transactions are automatically excluded and I cannot change this.

Where I am happy that your dividends in the brokerage accounts show up in reports (and this shows on the screenshot in the DM) but every time I try to uncheck the excluded from reports checkbox, Simplifi automatically checks excluded from reports for me. I apparently have no control over this.

The issue goes beyond dividends, I have expenses in the Checking/CMA account that are excluded from reports as well and these transactions also automatically exclude from reports every time I try to uncheck the box.

I have followed every suggestion from both yourself and @Coach Jon and yet both expenses and income are excluded from reports and un-checking the excluded box does nothing.

How can I get all our income and expenses to show up on Reports in Simplifi?