'Error in record x: Account Reference: Illegal Sales/Purchase Ledger Account Reference' when importing into Sage Accounts
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This message may appear for the following reasons:

Reason Solution
The customer/supplier account reference on the import file is nine characters or more. Amend the reference to be eight characters or less. For example, if your reference is  joebloggs, change it to joeblogg
The customer/supplier account reference on the import file contains non alpha-numeric characters. Remove or replace the offending characters so they're alpha-numeric only.

 

 

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