If it was a dividend, you enter it on a self-created 1099-DIV....even if you did no 1099-DIV form was issued.
On the manual entry page for the form, you just enter the name of whatever financial provider credited the dividend to you...and then the $$.
The 1099-DIV is used for Stock dividends and Mutual Fund dividend distributions.
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A Credit Union account issues so-called "dividends" too, but they are really just interest and go on a 1099-INT in box 1...even if no 1099-INT was issued. Unless the "dividends" or interest came from individual US Govt bonds you held (or savings bonds)...then they go in box 3.
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
