Feature Request: Add fees to transaction and trade entries

[zachgoll]

Discussed in #1235

^{Originally posted by marc22polo October 3, 2024}

Describe the feature

A lot of banks (at least in my country) charge you a fee for transferring money between your accounts and because Maybe transfers the whole amount it does not show the correct total amount in the end (usually not a big amount, like sub 0.5€ but in the long run it adds up :)).
Also maybe add an option to choose who the bearer of the fee is (the receiver or the sender).

Why is this feature important?

The current work around is to create another transaction alongside the transfer transaction for the transfer fee. This would save time for such occasions.

Additional context, screenshots, and relevant links

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[alvaro-rrdt]

Hello Zack I am going to try to tackle this issue I was wondering if the fee is supposed to be dynamic? I would imagine that in different countries, banks etc the fees vary in % or quantity

[zachgoll]

@alvaro-rrdt nope, this would just be a simple addition to the schema and the trade forms where users can hard-code in a fee alongside each transaction.

I think this is broad enough where we can put it on the Account::Entry model and have it apply to transactions (currency conversion fees), trades (stock purchase fees), and valuations (asset valuation fees from external service).

[bastervrugt]

I agree with Zak, but a fee is not always directly related to a transaction. For example, a broker might charge fees for being connected to a specific stock exchange (e.g., DEGIRO). Adding a transaction type 'Fee' could be a good solution, complementing the fee on buy/sell/etc. transactions?

[zachgoll]

@bastervrugt yep, we could add a "Fee" type transaction! Should be very similar to "Interest" that we already have.