Transfers
A transfer moves money between two financial accounts of the same workspace, generating two mirrored transactions: an outflow at the source and an inflow at the destination.
Where it lives
A transfer is not a menu item. There is no transfers screen: it is the "New transfer" dialog, opened from two places, both under Financial accounts:
- From the listing header of the accounts.
- From the detail of an account — and there the source comes pre-filled with the account you are looking at.
Fields
Six fields, and five are required:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| From | Required — the account sending the money |
| To | Required — the account receiving it |
| Amount | Required — must be greater than zero |
| Date | Required — comes pre-filled with today |
| Description | Required — unlike an ordinary transaction, here you cannot leave it blank |
| Notes | Optional. "Additional information — visible on both transactions." |
The button is "Create transfer".
"From" and "To" are the labels. "Source account" and "Destination account" show as supporting text inside the fields, not as their names.
There is no "Accrual month" and no "Provisional" on a transfer. Both fields exist in the API, but the screen doesn't offer them — a transfer created here is always effective, and the accrual follows the date.
What the system refuses
- Zero or negative amount — "Value must be greater than zero".
- Source equal to destination — "Source and destination must be different accounts".
- Empty description — "Enter a description".
The two transactions
Once the transfer is confirmed, two records are born:
| Record | Account |
|---|---|
| Debit | Source account |
| Credit | Destination account |
Both carry the same transfer identifier, which marks them as the two legs of the same movement and keeps reconciliation from treating them as new money.
How they show up afterwards
On the Transactions listing, each leg gets the transfer badge next to the description, and the Transfers quick filter isolates all of them.
Open a leg and the card at the top says "Transfer sent to another account" or "Transfer received from another account", shows the account on the other side, the date and the amount, and carries the "Open opposite side →" shortcut.
Delete
There is no editing a transfer, and deleting does not cascade. The two legs are independent transactions once created: deleting one removes only that one and leaves the other orphaned, with the balance distorted on both sides. To undo the whole thing, delete both — the "Open opposite side →" is how you find the second one.
Difference from an ordinary transaction
An inflow or outflow transaction affects one account and moves the workspace's total balance. A transfer affects two and keeps the total intact — it is the right mechanism for moving balance between accounts without inventing revenue or expense.