Not able to create a "Withdrawal" transaction in investment account

Question

Perhaps someone from Quicken can answer this — there is a similar question but it was never fully answered. In the register for my IRA accounts, "Withdrawl" isn't available in the "Actions" column.  "Withdrx" is available but I don't want that.  Additionally "Withdrawl" is a valid action if you use the "Enter Transaction" modal.  But that's a lot slower.  This only occurs for IRAs/401Ks — taxable brockerage accounts allow "Withdrawl" to be selected in the "Actions" column.

Is this a bug or a feature?

Thanks.

solarie · Answer

It's complicated but it comes down to how I track what our financial advisor is doing but… one use case is "expenses" (for the advisor).  I use "Withdrawal" but I can only select from the Edit modal.  And, in general, it doesn't make sense to me why I can't get to it from the dropdown.

Rocket J Squirrel · Answer

What's the situation where you think a pure withdrawal is what you need?

A direct withdrawal from an IRA could be achieved by giving a charity the routing & account numbers of checks you write from the IRA, performing a QCD without having to write and mail a paper check.

Rocket J Squirrel · Answer

[munged reply deleted due to Vanilla weirdness]