Merge Accounting - Expenses

Expenses

The Expense object is used to represent a direct purchase by a business, typically made with a check, credit card, or cash. Each Expense object is dedicated to a grouping of expenses, with each expense recorded in the lines object.

The Expense object is used also used to represent refunds to direct purchases. Refunds can be distinguished from purchases by the amount sign of the records. Expense objects with a negative amount are purchases and Expense objects with a positive amount are refunds to those purchases.

Properties

transaction_dateDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

When the transaction occurred.

remote_created_atDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

When the expense was created.

accountUUID

Optional

The expense's payment account.

contactUUID

Optional

The expense's contact.

total_amountNumber

Optional

The expense's total amount.

sub_totalNumber

Optional

The expense's total amount before tax.

total_tax_amountNumber

Optional

The expense's total tax amount.

currencyEnum

Optional

The expense's currency. Possible values include: XUA, AFN, AFA, ALL, ALK, DZD, ADP, AOA, AOK, AON, AOR, ARA, ARS, ARM, ARP, ARL, AMD, AWG, AUD, ATS, AZN, AZM, BSD, BHD, BDT, BBD, BYN, BYB, BYR, BEF, BEC, BEL, BZD, BMD, BTN, BOB, BOL, BOV, BOP, BAM, BAD, BAN, BWP, BRC, BRZ, BRE, BRR, BRN, BRB, BRL, GBP, BND, BGL, BGN, BGO, BGM, BUK, BIF, XPF, KHR, CAD, CVE, KYD, XAF, CLE, CLP, CLF, CNX, CNY, CNH, COP, COU, KMF, CDF, CRC, HRD, HRK, CUC, CUP, CYP, CZK, CSK, DKK, DJF, DOP, NLG, XCD, DDM, ECS, ECV, EGP, GQE, ERN, EEK, ETB, EUR, XBA, XEU, XBB, XBC, XBD, FKP, FJD, FIM, FRF, XFO, XFU, GMD, GEK, GEL, DEM, GHS, GHC, GIP, XAU, GRD, GTQ, GWP, GNF, GNS, GYD, HTG, HNL, HKD, HUF, IMP, ISK, ISJ, INR, IDR, IRR, IQD, IEP, ILS, ILP, ILR, ITL, JMD, JPY, JOD, KZT, KES, KWD, KGS, LAK, LVL, LVR, LBP, LSL, LRD, LYD, LTL, LTT, LUL, LUC, LUF, MOP, MKD, MKN, MGA, MGF, MWK, MYR, MVR, MVP, MLF, MTL, MTP, MRU, MRO, MUR, MXV, MXN, MXP, MDC, MDL, MCF, MNT, MAD, MAF, MZE, MZN, MZM, MMK, NAD, NPR, ANG, TWD, NZD, NIO, NIC, NGN, KPW, NOK, OMR, PKR, XPD, PAB, PGK, PYG, PEI, PEN, PES, PHP, XPT, PLN, PLZ, PTE, GWE, QAR, XRE, RHD, RON, ROL, RUB, RUR, RWF, SVC, WST, SAR, RSD, CSD, SCR, SLL, XAG, SGD, SKK, SIT, SBD, SOS, ZAR, ZAL, KRH, KRW, KRO, SSP, SUR, ESP, ESA, ESB, XDR, LKR, SHP, XSU, SDD, SDG, SDP, SRD, SRG, SZL, SEK, CHF, SYP, STN, STD, TVD, TJR, TJS, TZS, XTS, THB, XXX, TPE, TOP, TTD, TND, TRY, TRL, TMT, TMM, USD, USN, USS, UGX, UGS, UAH, UAK, AED, UYW, UYU, UYP, UYI, UZS, VUV, VES, VEB, VEF, VND, VNN, CHE, CHW, XOF, YDD, YER, YUN, YUD, YUM, YUR, ZWN, ZRN, ZRZ, ZMW, ZMK, ZWD, ZWR, ZWL. In cases where there is no clear mapping, the original value passed through will be returned.

exchange_rateString

Optional

The expense's exchange rate.

companyUUID

Optional

The company the expense belongs to.

memoString

Optional

The expense's private note.

linesExpenseLine[]

Required

The ExpenseLine object

The ExpenseLine object is used to represent an expense's line items.

Properties

remote_idString

Optional

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

itemUUID

Optional

The line's item.

net_amountNumber

Optional

The line's net amount.

tracking_categoryUUID

Optional

tracking_categoriesArray

Required

companyUUID

Optional

The company the line belongs to.

currencyEnum

Optional

The expense line item's currency. Possible values include: XUA, AFN, AFA, ALL, ALK, DZD, ADP, AOA, AOK, AON, AOR, ARA, ARS, ARM, ARP, ARL, AMD, AWG, AUD, ATS, AZN, AZM, BSD, BHD, BDT, BBD, BYN, BYB, BYR, BEF, BEC, BEL, BZD, BMD, BTN, BOB, BOL, BOV, BOP, BAM, BAD, BAN, BWP, BRC, BRZ, BRE, BRR, BRN, BRB, BRL, GBP, BND, BGL, BGN, BGO, BGM, BUK, BIF, XPF, KHR, CAD, CVE, KYD, XAF, CLE, CLP, CLF, CNX, CNY, CNH, COP, COU, KMF, CDF, CRC, HRD, HRK, CUC, CUP, CYP, CZK, CSK, DKK, DJF, DOP, NLG, XCD, DDM, ECS, ECV, EGP, GQE, ERN, EEK, ETB, EUR, XBA, XEU, XBB, XBC, XBD, FKP, FJD, FIM, FRF, XFO, XFU, GMD, GEK, GEL, DEM, GHS, GHC, GIP, XAU, GRD, GTQ, GWP, GNF, GNS, GYD, HTG, HNL, HKD, HUF, IMP, ISK, ISJ, INR, IDR, IRR, IQD, IEP, ILS, ILP, ILR, ITL, JMD, JPY, JOD, KZT, KES, KWD, KGS, LAK, LVL, LVR, LBP, LSL, LRD, LYD, LTL, LTT, LUL, LUC, LUF, MOP, MKD, MKN, MGA, MGF, MWK, MYR, MVR, MVP, MLF, MTL, MTP, MRU, MRO, MUR, MXV, MXN, MXP, MDC, MDL, MCF, MNT, MAD, MAF, MZE, MZN, MZM, MMK, NAD, NPR, ANG, TWD, NZD, NIO, NIC, NGN, KPW, NOK, OMR, PKR, XPD, PAB, PGK, PYG, PEI, PEN, PES, PHP, XPT, PLN, PLZ, PTE, GWE, QAR, XRE, RHD, RON, ROL, RUB, RUR, RWF, SVC, WST, SAR, RSD, CSD, SCR, SLL, XAG, SGD, SKK, SIT, SBD, SOS, ZAR, ZAL, KRH, KRW, KRO, SSP, SUR, ESP, ESA, ESB, XDR, LKR, SHP, XSU, SDD, SDG, SDP, SRD, SRG, SZL, SEK, CHF, SYP, STN, STD, TVD, TJR, TJS, TZS, XTS, THB, XXX, TPE, TOP, TTD, TND, TRY, TRL, TMT, TMM, USD, USN, USS, UGX, UGS, UAH, UAK, AED, UYW, UYU, UYP, UYI, UZS, VUV, VES, VEB, VEF, VND, VNN, CHE, CHW, XOF, YDD, YER, YUN, YUD, YUM, YUR, ZWN, ZRN, ZRZ, ZMW, ZMK, ZWD, ZWR, ZWL. In cases where there is no clear mapping, the original value passed through will be returned.

accountUUID

Optional

The expense's payment account.

contactUUID

Optional

The expense's contact.

descriptionString

Optional

The description of the item that was purchased by the company.

exchange_rateString

Optional

The expense line item's exchange rate.

remote_was_deletedBoolean

Required

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform.

idUUID

Required

created_atDateTime (ISO 8601)

Required

modified_atDateTime (ISO 8601)

Required

This is the datetime that this object was last updated by Merge

tracking_categoriesArray

Required

remote_was_deletedBoolean

Required

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform.

accounting_periodUUID

Optional

The accounting period that the Expense was generated in.

idUUID

Required

remote_idString

Optional

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

created_atDateTime (ISO 8601)

Required

modified_atDateTime (ISO 8601)

Required

This is the datetime that this object was last updated by Merge

field_mappingsObject

Optional

remote_dataRemoteData[]

Optional

GET

/expenses

https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/expenses

Returns a list of Expense objects.

Query & Path Parameters

company_idString

Optional

If provided, will only return expenses for this company.

created_afterDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

If provided, will only return objects created after this datetime.

created_beforeDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

If provided, will only return objects created before this datetime.

cursorString

Optional

The pagination cursor value.

expandString

Optional

Which relations should be returned in expanded form. Multiple relation names should be comma separated without spaces.

include_deleted_dataBoolean

Optional

Whether to include data that was marked as deleted by third party webhooks.

include_remote_dataBoolean

Optional

Whether to include the original data Merge fetched from the third-party to produce these models.

modified_afterDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

If provided, only objects synced by Merge after this date time will be returned.

modified_beforeDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

If provided, only objects synced by Merge before this date time will be returned.

page_sizeInteger

Optional

Number of results to return per page.

remote_idString

Optional

The API provider's ID for the given object.

transaction_date_afterDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

If provided, will only return objects created after this datetime.

transaction_date_beforeDateTime (ISO 8601)

Optional

If provided, will only return objects created before this datetime.

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POST

/expenses

https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/expenses

Creates an Expense object with the given values.

Query & Path Parameters

is_debug_modeBoolean

Optional

Whether to include debug fields (such as log file links) in the response.

run_asyncBoolean

Optional

Whether or not third-party updates should be run asynchronously.

Body Parameters

modelObject

Required

Find available fields below under “Model Parameters”.

Model Parameters

View app-specific writable fields under “Field support by platform” in this section.

transaction_dateDateTime (ISO 8601)

When the transaction occurred.

accountUUID

The expense's payment account. Must pass in a valid Merge ID, which can be obtained from the id field in the Account object.

contactUUID

The expense's contact. Must pass in a valid Merge ID, which can be obtained from the id field in the Contact object.

total_amountNumber

The expense's total amount.

sub_totalNumber

The expense's total amount before tax.

total_tax_amountNumber

The expense's total tax amount.

currencyEnum

The expense's currency. Must pass in one of the following choices: XUA, AFN, AFA, ALL, ALK, DZD, ADP, AOA, AOK, AON, AOR, ARA, ARS, ARM, ARP, ARL, AMD, AWG, AUD, ATS, AZN, AZM, BSD, BHD, BDT, BBD, BYN, BYB, BYR, BEF, BEC, BEL, BZD, BMD, BTN, BOB, BOL, BOV, BOP, BAM, BAD, BAN, BWP, BRC, BRZ, BRE, BRR, BRN, BRB, BRL, GBP, BND, BGL, BGN, BGO, BGM, BUK, BIF, XPF, KHR, CAD, CVE, KYD, XAF, CLE, CLP, CLF, CNX, CNY, CNH, COP, COU, KMF, CDF, CRC, HRD, HRK, CUC, CUP, CYP, CZK, CSK, DKK, DJF, DOP, NLG, XCD, DDM, ECS, ECV, EGP, GQE, ERN, EEK, ETB, EUR, XBA, XEU, XBB, XBC, XBD, FKP, FJD, FIM, FRF, XFO, XFU, GMD, GEK, GEL, DEM, GHS, GHC, GIP, XAU, GRD, GTQ, GWP, GNF, GNS, GYD, HTG, HNL, HKD, HUF, IMP, ISK, ISJ, INR, IDR, IRR, IQD, IEP, ILS, ILP, ILR, ITL, JMD, JPY, JOD, KZT, KES, KWD, KGS, LAK, LVL, LVR, LBP, LSL, LRD, LYD, LTL, LTT, LUL, LUC, LUF, MOP, MKD, MKN, MGA, MGF, MWK, MYR, MVR, MVP, MLF, MTL, MTP, MRU, MRO, MUR, MXV, MXN, MXP, MDC, MDL, MCF, MNT, MAD, MAF, MZE, MZN, MZM, MMK, NAD, NPR, ANG, TWD, NZD, NIO, NIC, NGN, KPW, NOK, OMR, PKR, XPD, PAB, PGK, PYG, PEI, PEN, PES, PHP, XPT, PLN, PLZ, PTE, GWE, QAR, XRE, RHD, RON, ROL, RUB, RUR, RWF, SVC, WST, SAR, RSD, CSD, SCR, SLL, XAG, SGD, SKK, SIT, SBD, SOS, ZAR, ZAL, KRH, KRW, KRO, SSP, SUR, ESP, ESA, ESB, XDR, LKR, SHP, XSU, SDD, SDG, SDP, SRD, SRG, SZL, SEK, CHF, SYP, STN, STD, TVD, TJR, TJS, TZS, XTS, THB, XXX, TPE, TOP, TTD, TND, TRY, TRL, TMT, TMM, USD, USN, USS, UGX, UGS, UAH, UAK, AED, UYW, UYU, UYP, UYI, UZS, VUV, VES, VEB, VEF, VND, VNN, CHE, CHW, XOF, YDD, YER, YUN, YUD, YUM, YUR, ZWN, ZRN, ZRZ, ZMW, ZMK, ZWD, ZWR, ZWL.

exchange_rateString

The expense's exchange rate.

companyUUID

The company the expense belongs to. Must pass in a valid Merge ID, which can be obtained from the id field in the CompanyInfo object.

memoString

The expense's private note.

linesArray

tracking_categoriesArray

accounting_periodUUID

The accounting period that the Expense was generated in. Must pass in a valid Merge ID, which can be obtained from the id field in the AccountingPeriod object.

integration_paramsObject

linked_account_paramsObject

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