[GNC] flex card for medical expenses

[Adrien Monteleone]

Larry,

Just to clarify because I've seen this general topic before: (on not 
being able to enter certain transactions)

You can't enter transactions in the Top-Level accounts because they are 
placeholders. Placeholders are just that, they hold place in the account 
tree, but are not usable accounts that can hold transactions.

All of the Top-Level accounts: Assets, Expenses, Income, Liabilities, 
Equity & Trading, are Placeholder accounts. Users have to create 
sub-accounts under these placeholders as types that match them. (it *is* 
possible to have mis-matched types in the tree, but not recommended)

You can also create your own sub-account placeholders at various points 
in your account tree. Those can't hold transactions either.

Regards,
Adrien

On 5/25/26 12:48 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> You most definitely can have transactions in an equity account. There's nothing special about them.

> On May 25, 2026 4:34:14 PM GMT+05:30, Lawrence Whalen <lwhalen26 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> David if you have the funds in an equity account how do you show they are drawn
>> if you use them as far as I've seen so far you can't modify or use an
>> equity account in gnucash for a transaction.