diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/AccountTransactionsReport.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/AccountTransactionsReport.hs
index 03763edd0..b212a6658 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/AccountTransactionsReport.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/AccountTransactionsReport.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import Data.List (mapAccumR, nub, partition, sortBy)
 import Data.List.Extra (nubSort)
 import Data.Maybe (catMaybes)
 import Data.Ord (Down(..), comparing)
-import Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.Time.Calendar (Day)
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ type AccountTransactionsReportItem =
    Transaction -- the transaction, unmodified
   ,Transaction -- the transaction, as seen from the current account
   ,Bool        -- is this a split (more than one posting to other accounts) ?
-  ,Text        -- a display string describing the other account(s), if any
+  ,[AccountName] -- the other account(s), if any
   ,MixedAmount -- the amount posted to the current account(s) (or total amount posted)
   ,MixedAmount -- the register's running total or the current account(s)'s historical balance, after this transaction
   )
@@ -188,14 +187,14 @@ accountTransactionsReportItem reportq thisacctq signfn accttypefn bal (d, t)
     -- 201407: I've lost my grip on this, let's just hope for the best
     -- 201606: we now calculate change and balance from filtered postings, check this still works well for all callers XXX
     | null reportps = (bal, Nothing)  -- no matched postings in this transaction, skip it
-    | otherwise     = (bal', Just (t, tacct{tdate=d}, numotheraccts > 1, otheracctstr, amt, bal'))
+    | otherwise     = (bal', Just (t, tacct{tdate=d}, numotheraccts > 1, otheraccts, amt, bal'))
     where
       tacct@Transaction{tpostings=reportps} = filterTransactionPostingsExtra accttypefn reportq t  -- TODO needs to consider --date2, #1731
       (thisacctps, otheracctps) = partition (matchesPosting thisacctq) reportps
       numotheraccts = length $ nub $ map paccount otheracctps
-      otheracctstr | thisacctq == None  = summarisePostingAccounts reportps     -- no current account ? summarise all matched postings
-                   | numotheraccts == 0 = summarisePostingAccounts thisacctps   -- only postings to current account ? summarise those
-                   | otherwise          = summarisePostingAccounts otheracctps  -- summarise matched postings to other account(s)
+      otheraccts | thisacctq == None  = summarisePostingAccounts reportps     -- no current account ? summarise all matched postings
+                 | numotheraccts == 0 = summarisePostingAccounts thisacctps   -- only postings to current account ? summarise those
+                 | otherwise          = summarisePostingAccounts otheracctps  -- summarise matched postings to other account(s)
       -- 202302: Impact of t on thisacct - normally the sum of thisacctps,
       -- but if they are null it probably means reportq is an account filter
       -- and we should sum otheracctps instead.
@@ -236,9 +235,8 @@ transactionRegisterDate wd reportq thisacctq t
 
 -- | Generate a simplified summary of some postings' accounts.
 -- To reduce noise, if there are both real and virtual postings, show only the real ones.
-summarisePostingAccounts :: [Posting] -> Text
-summarisePostingAccounts ps =
-    T.intercalate ", " . map accountSummarisedName . nub $ map paccount displayps
+summarisePostingAccounts :: [Posting] -> [AccountName]
+summarisePostingAccounts ps = map paccount displayps
   where
     realps = filter isReal ps
     displayps | null realps = ps
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIScreens.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIScreens.hs
index f59edea4e..bbc3d38f2 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIScreens.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIScreens.hs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ where
 import Brick.Widgets.List (listMoveTo, listSelectedElement, list)
 import Data.List
 import Data.Maybe
+import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.Time.Calendar (Day, diffDays)
 import Safe
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
@@ -280,11 +281,11 @@ rsUpdate uopts d j rss@RSS{_rssAccount, _rssForceInclusive, _rssList=oldlist} =
     -- pre-render the list items, helps calculate column widths
     displayitems = map displayitem items'
       where
-        displayitem (t, _, _issplit, otheracctsstr, change, bal) =
+        displayitem (t, _, _issplit, otheraccts, change, bal) =
           RegisterScreenItem{rsItemDate          = showDate $ transactionRegisterDate wd (_rsQuery rspec') thisacctq t
                             ,rsItemStatus        = tstatus t
                             ,rsItemDescription   = tdescription t
-                            ,rsItemOtherAccounts = otheracctsstr
+                            ,rsItemOtherAccounts = T.intercalate ", " . map accountSummarisedName $ nub otheraccts
                                                     -- _   -> "<split>"  -- should do this if accounts field width < 30
                             ,rsItemChangeAmount  = showamt change
                             ,rsItemBalanceAmount = showamt bal
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
index 24c9a4b4d..a63badf63 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Aregister (
 ) where
 
 import Data.Default (def)
-import Data.List (find)
+import Data.List (find, nub)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Foldable (for_)
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ accountTransactionsReportItemAsRecord ::
   [Spr.Cell Spr.NumLines Text]
 accountTransactionsReportItemAsRecord
   fmt internals wd reportq thisacctq
-  (t@Transaction{tindex,tcode,tdescription}, _, _issplit, otheracctsstr, change, balance)
+  (t@Transaction{tindex,tcode,tdescription}, _, _issplit, otheraccts, change, balance)
   = (optional internals [Spr.integerCell tindex]) ++
     date :
     (optional internals [cell tcode]) ++
     [cell tdescription,
-     cell otheracctsstr,
+     cell $ T.intercalate ", " $ nub otheraccts,
      amountCell change,
      amountCell balance]
   where
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ accountTransactionsReportItemAsText :: CliOpts -> Query -> Query -> Int -> Int
 accountTransactionsReportItemAsText
   copts@CliOpts{reportspec_=ReportSpec{_rsReportOpts=ropts}}
   reportq thisacctq preferredamtwidth preferredbalwidth
-  ((t@Transaction{tdescription}, _, _issplit, otheracctsstr, _, _), amt, bal) =
+  ((t@Transaction{tdescription}, _, _issplit, otheraccts, _, _), amt, bal) =
     -- Transaction -- the transaction, unmodified
     -- Transaction -- the transaction, as seen from the current account
     -- Bool        -- is this a split (more than one posting to other accounts) ?
-    -- String      -- a display string describing the other account(s), if any
+    -- [AccountName] -- the other account(s), if any
     -- MixedAmount -- the amount posted to the current account(s) (or total amount posted)
     -- MixedAmount -- the register's running total or the current account(s)'s historical balance, after this transaction
     table <> TB.singleton '\n'
@@ -287,9 +287,7 @@ accountTransactionsReportItemAsText
     (descwidth, acctwidth) = (w, remaining - 2 - w)
       where w = fromMaybe ((remaining - 2) `div` 2) mdescwidth
 
-    -- gather content
-    accts = -- T.unpack $ elideAccountName acctwidth $ T.pack
-            otheracctsstr
+    accts = T.intercalate ", " . map accountSummarisedName $ nub otheraccts
 
 -- tests