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Tags

Tags provide a flexible, cross-cutting way to label and organize your transactions. Unlike categories (which assign a single classification per transaction), tags let you apply multiple labels to any transaction or split -- making it easy to track concepts that span categories.


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Overview

Tags are user-defined labels with an optional colour and icon. They complement categories by allowing you to group transactions across different categories and accounts.

Example use cases:

Tag Purpose
Vacation 2026 Track all spending on a specific trip across dining, travel, lodging
Tax Deductible Flag deductible expenses across multiple categories
Reimbursable Mark work expenses to be submitted for reimbursement
Home Renovation Group project costs across hardware, labour, permits
Wedding Track all wedding-related expenses

Each tag has:

Property Description
Name The tag label (unique per user, case-insensitive)
Colour Optional hex colour for visual identification in lists and filters
Icon Optional icon (from the Heroicons library)

Managing Tags

Navigate to Tools > Tags to access the tag management page.

Tags Page

Creating a Tag

  1. Click Add Tag
  2. Fill in the tag form:
Field Required Description
Name Yes Tag label (1-100 characters, must be unique)
Colour No Pick from the colour palette or leave unset
Icon No Choose an icon for visual identification
  1. Click Save

Editing a Tag

Click the edit button next to any tag to modify its name, colour, or icon. Renaming a tag updates it on all associated transactions.

Deleting a Tag

Click the delete button on a tag to remove it. The tag is removed from all transactions that reference it. The transactions themselves are not affected -- only the tag association is removed.

The tag list shows a transaction count next to each tag so you can see how many transactions use it before deciding to delete.


Tagging Transactions

Adding Tags to a Transaction

  1. Open the transaction form (create new or edit existing)
  2. In the Tags field, select one or more tags from the dropdown
  3. Save the transaction

Tags appear as coloured chips in the transaction form, showing the tag name and its colour.

Tags on Split Transactions

When a transaction is split across multiple categories, each split row can have its own set of tags. This allows fine-grained tagging -- for example, tagging only the business portion of a mixed-use purchase as "Reimbursable."

  1. Open the split editor
  2. Each split row has its own Tags dropdown
  3. Select tags for individual splits as needed

Inline Tag Creation

If you need a new tag while entering a transaction, you can create one without leaving the form:

  1. In the Tags dropdown, click Create Tag
  2. Enter the tag name, optional colour, and icon
  3. Save the tag -- it is immediately available and selected

Tags on Scheduled Transactions

Scheduled transactions (bills and deposits) support tags. When a scheduled transaction is auto-posted or manually posted, the tags are carried over to the created transaction.

  1. Open a scheduled transaction form
  2. Select tags in the Tags field
  3. When the transaction is posted, the tags are applied automatically

This is useful for tagging recurring transactions -- for example, tagging a monthly gym membership as "Health" without needing to remember to tag each posted occurrence.


Filtering by Tags

Tags integrate with the transaction filter panel, letting you find all transactions with specific tags.

Filtering in the Transaction List

  1. Open the Filters panel on the Transactions page
  2. In the Tags filter, select one or more tags
  3. The transaction list updates to show only transactions (or splits) matching the selected tags

Tag filters work alongside other filters (accounts, categories, payees, date range, search). Active tag filters appear as coloured chips above the transaction list for easy visibility.

Quick Tag Filtering

On desktop, tags displayed on transaction rows are clickable. Click a tag directly in the transaction list to instantly filter the list to all transactions with that tag. On mobile, tap a transaction and select the tag from the action sheet to apply the same filter.

Tags in Reports

Tags can be used as a filter dimension in reports. When running a spending or income report, you can filter by tags to see totals for specific tag groups -- for example, total spending tagged "Vacation 2026" broken down by category.

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