Transfer between accounts

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi Jochen,

On Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2026 09:04:59 CET Jochen via KMyMoney wrote:

> Good morning Thomas,
> 
> Am 07.01.26 um 08:42 schrieb Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney:
> 
> > That's what tags are for.
> 
> not in professional interpretation of double-entry accounting.
> You have to have:
> 
> left account (from)
> right account (to)
> description

Exactly. E.g. if "left account" is your checkings account, then the
"right account" is either a category (e.g. expense) or your savings account.
It can't be both at the same time.

So what do you mean by your question "What if I like to categorize transfers?"
What are you trying to achieve?

> and, of course, all these date, amount, etc. fields
> 
> Re. tags: AFAIR there have been some limitations in usage of tags for 
> reports?

That's true. And they are not completely lifted yet.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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