Transfer between accounts

[Thomas Baumgart]

Thanks for the feedback.

On Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2026 10:23:09 CET Peg wrote:

> Weighing in here,
> 
> Re KMyMoney for Windows --  I use a LOT of tags.  My reports that include
> data where several tags are included for one category and within one
> transaction has improved brilliantly using the new KMyMoney version 5.2.
> Kudos to everyone that has worked on this - that issue was a real problem
> for the reports I needed.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney <
> kmymoney at kde.org> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Thomas Baumgart
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > New processes are created by other processes, just like new humans.
> > New humans are created by other humans, of course, not by processes.
> > (Unix System Administrator Handbook)
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> 

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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