diff --git a/src/app/cashier/transaction-entry/transaction-entry.component.ts b/src/app/cashier/transaction-entry/transaction-entry.component.ts
index f0be400ff..958d36dc1 100644
--- a/src/app/cashier/transaction-entry/transaction-entry.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/cashier/transaction-entry/transaction-entry.component.ts
@@ -4060,8 +4060,11 @@ export class TransactionEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       .pipe(catchError(() => of(null)))
       .subscribe((res: any) => {
         if (token !== this.searchToken) return; // stale result — newer search started
-        const allItems: any[] = res?.pageItems ?? (Array.isArray(res) ? res : []);
+        const found: any[] = res?.pageItems ?? (Array.isArray(res) ? res : []);
         const f = cfg.matchField;
+        // SD, FD and RD share one list that returns any kind of deposit account: keep only the kind chosen in A/C TP.
+        const allItems =
+          cfg.depositTypeId != null ? found.filter((x: any) => x?.depositType?.id === cfg.depositTypeId) : found;
         // Exact match first, then suffix/partial match. Some account types (e.g. Share — its
         // list endpoint only accepts offset/limit, no accountNo filter at all) always return the
         const exactMatch = allItems.find((x: any) => String(x[f] ?? '').trim() === String(acNo).trim());
@@ -4091,7 +4094,18 @@ export class TransactionEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           return;
         }
         this.loadingAccount = false;
-        this.accountError = 'Account not found for: ' + acNo;
+        // The number may exist as another kind of account (an FD typed under SD, say): say so, so the clerk can fix A/C TP.
+        const otherKind =
+          cfg.depositTypeId != null
+            ? found.find(
+                (x: any) =>
+                  x?.depositType?.id !== cfg.depositTypeId &&
+                  (String(x[f] ?? '').trim() === String(acNo).trim() || String(x[f] ?? '').endsWith(acNo))
+              )
+            : null;
+        this.accountError = otherKind
+          ? `${acTyp} account not found for: ${acNo} (this number is a ${otherKind.depositType?.value ?? 'different kind of'} account - change A/C TP)`
+          : `${acTyp} account not found for: ${acNo}`;
       });
   }
 
@@ -4155,6 +4169,10 @@ export class TransactionEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
      *  account type — used to keep Header GL accounts out of the results a clerk/cashier can pick
      *  for a transaction; a Header can never receive a posting, so it should never be offered. */
     extraListQueryParams?: string;
+    /** SD, FD and RD are all served by the one /savingsaccounts list, which answers with a deposit
+     *  account of any kind for a number. This is the depositType.id the chosen A/C type accepts
+     *  (100 savings, 200 fixed, 300 recurring), so a number of another kind is "not found" here. */
+    depositTypeId?: number;
   } {
     const t = acTyp?.toUpperCase();
     if (t === 'LA') {
@@ -4235,6 +4253,7 @@ export class TransactionEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       return {
         list: '/savingsaccounts',
         detail: '/fixeddepositaccounts',
+        depositTypeId: 200,
         nominee: 'FD',
         search: 'fixeddeposit',
         siAccountType: 2,
@@ -4252,6 +4271,7 @@ export class TransactionEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       return {
         list: '/savingsaccounts',
         detail: '/recurringdepositaccounts',
+        depositTypeId: 300,
         nominee: 'RD',
         search: 'recurringdeposit',
         siAccountType: 2,
@@ -4269,6 +4289,7 @@ export class TransactionEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return {
       list: '/savingsaccounts',
       detail: '/savingsaccounts',
+      depositTypeId: 100,
       nominee: 'SB',
       search: 'saving',
       siAccountType: 2,