Journal Entries

The Journal Entry Object

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.

FieldTypeDescription
idstring 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 TypesCurrency 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 decimalRate between the currency of the journal entry and the base currency of the business. Not applicable when multi-currency is not supported.
lines arrayAn array of journal entry lines.
memo stringUser-friendly reference for the journal entry.
subsidiaryRefs Reference TypesAn array of subsidiaries the journal entry refers to.
sourceModifiedDate
sortable, filterable
string
See Date
Date the record was last changed in the accounting service provider.

Lines

FieldTypeDescription
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
decimalDebit amount for the journal line.

A journal entry line item will either have a debit or credit value.
taxAmount decimalAmount of tax for the line.
accountRef Reference TypesReference to the account to which the line item is linked to.
taxRateRef Reference TypesReference to the tax rate to which the line item is linked to.
entityRefReference TypesReference 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.
trackingCategoryRefReference TypesReference to the tracking category to which the line item is linked to.