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title: "Manage subaccounts - overview"
description: "General ledger accounts hold all financial data for your organisation."
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# Manage subaccounts - overview

Last modified February 19, 2026

> General ledger accounts hold all financial data for your organisation.


In Visma Net, in addition to accounts, you can use subaccounts.

To use subaccounts in your system, the **Subaccounts** functionality must be enabled in the [Enable/disable functionalities](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/common-settings/enable-or-disable-functionalites/enable-disable-functionalities-cs100000/index.md) window.

Subaccounts are usually used to compartmentalise large accounts for better tracking of various
company earnings and expenses, or for budget allocation.
For example: A company might set up
a subaccount for each of its departments to clarify the record keeping. If subaccounts are
activated in your system, they are always required with accounts; that is, when you specify
an account, you need to specify the corresponding subaccount.

Subaccounts can be based on the structure of your organisation, such as the department, cost centre, or product. You use subaccounts to virtually split accounts into smaller, more specific accounts to achieve finer classification for reporting and internal management purposes.

These topics provide an example of configuring subaccount identifiers and includes the procedures related to subaccounts in the system.

## Topics

+ [About subaccount IDs](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-subaccounts/about-subaccount-ids/index.md)
+ [Example of a subaccount definition](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-subaccounts/example-of-a-subaccount-definition/index.md)
+ [About combined subaccounts](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-subaccounts/about-combined-subaccounts/index.md)
+ [Add a subaccount](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-subaccounts/add-a-subaccount/index.md)
+ [Deactivate a subaccount](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-subaccounts/deactivate-a-subaccount/index.md)
+ [View account balances by subaccount](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/general-ledger/manage-subaccounts/view-account-balances-by-subaccount/index.md)


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