Journal Entries

Overview

From the Journal Entries endpoint, you can retrieve a list of all entries made in a company's general ledger or chart of accounts. The journal line items for each journal entry should balance. See Journal Entries endpoint for more details.

Data Model

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Identifier for the journal entry, unique to the business in the accounting service provider.
postedDate sortable, filterable	string See Date	Date on which the journal entry was posted to the accounting service provider, and had an impact on the general ledger. This may be different from the creation date. Journal entries can also be backdated, so the postedDate date may be earlier than the createdDate date.
createdDate sortable, filterable	string See Date	Date of the journal entry as recorded in the accounting service provider.
currencyRef	Reference Types	Currency of the journal entry. Pushing data will fail if the business has not enabled or does not support multiple currency. Leaving this blank would default to the business' default currency.
currencyRate	decimal	Rate between the currency of the journal entry and the base currency of the business. Not applicable when multi-currency is not supported.
lines	array	An array of journal entry lines.
memo	string	User-friendly reference for the journal entry.
sourceModifiedData	string See Date	Date the record was last changed in the accounting service provider.

Lines

Field	Type	Description
description	string	Friendly name of the goods or services received.
credit sortable, filterable	decimal	Credit amount for the journal line. A journal entry line item will either have a debit or credit value.
debit sortable, filterable	decimal	Debit amount for the journal line. A journal entry line item will either have a debit or credit value.
taxAmount	decimal	Amount of tax for the line.
accountRef	Reference Types	Reference to the account to which the line item is linked to.
taxRateRef	Reference Types	Reference to the tax rate to which the line item is linked to.
entityRef	Reference Types	Reference to the customer or vendor to which the line item is linked to. When you use Accounts Receivable, you must choose a customer. When you use Accounts Payable, you must choose a supplier/vendor.

Example Data

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "postedDate": "2021-03-09T10:18:29.985Z",
      "createdDate": "2021-03-09T10:18:29.985Z",
      "currencyRef": {
        "id": "CAD",
        "name": "Canadian Dollar"
      },
      "currencyRate": 1.13,
      "lines": [
        {
          "description": "Services rendered.",
          "credit": 100.5,
          "debit": 3,
          "taxAmount": 20.5,
          "accountRef": {
            "id": "145",
            "name": "Depreciation Expense"
          },
          "entityRef": {
            "id": "1",
            "name": "ABC Inc.",
            "type": "vendor"
          },
          "taxRateRef": {
            "id": "1",
            "name": "HST",
            "effectiveTaxRate": 13
          }
        }
      ],
      "memo": "Example journal entry memo.",
      "sourceModifiedDate": "2021-03-09T10:18:29.985Z"
    }
  ]
}