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Why are dependent dropdown lists in Google Sheets not working as expected?

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I'm trying to do a dependent dropdown, and in the part of doing 'data prep'. I know there are tutorials on Youtube, but the way I structured my data won't allow me to copy their method 1:1. I have to define named ranges for each category where each respective subcategory will be inside of with how I organized my data.

=transpose(IF(A3="SUBSCRIPTIONS", INDIRECT("SUBSCRIPTIONS"), IF(A3="BILLS", INDIRECT("BILLS"), IF(A3="EXPENSES", INDIRECT("EXPENSES"), IF(A3="DEBTS", INDIRECT("DEBTS"), IF(A3="INCOME", INDIRECT("INCOME"), if(A3="SAVINGS", INDIRECT("SAVINGS"), "")))))))

My formula works if there are only two categories listed, but once there is a sandwiched category(>3) then its starts to error and I don't even get why it does, it says that it cannot override data from the cell directly below it but doesn't my transpose function solves exactly that issue, or I thought so anyway.

I just started to learn sheets literally 4hrs ago, so I may be overcomplicating things for no reason with my brute-force formula, so I'd really appreciate it if someone could help find a solution.

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