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NSC | Journal Creation > Resolve Subsidiary Error

edited Aug 20, 2025 5:52AM in Accounting / ERP

Scenario:
The user creates a Journal Entry for the subsidiary "North America Subsidiary" and selects an account named "Travel Expenses". However, the Travel Expenses account is only assigned to the "Europe Subsidiary". When the user attempts to save the journal entry, NetSuite displays an error indicating that the account does not exist or is not valid for the chosen subsidiary.

an Unexpected Error Has Occurred.

This error occurs in NetSuite when a user attempts to post a Journal Entry using a General Ledger account that is not associated with the Subsidiary specified on the transaction. Because NetSuite enforces subsidiary-specific data integrity, all accounts used in a journal entry must be valid for the designated subsidiary. The selected

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