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The Account object

The Account Object
1{
2  "id": "string",
3  "remote_id": "string",
4  "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
5  "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
6  "name": "string",
7  "description": "string",
8  "classification": "ASSET",
9  "type": "string",
10  "account_type": "BANK",
11  "status": "ACTIVE",
12  "current_balance": 1,
13  "currency": "XUA",
14  "account_number": "string",
15  "parent_account": "string",
16  "company": "string",
17  "remote_was_deleted": true,
18  "field_mappings": {
19    "organization_defined_targets": {
20      "string": {}
21    },
22    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
23      "string": {}
24    }
25  },
26  "remote_data": [
27    {
28      "path": "string",
29      "data": {}
30    }
31  ]
32}
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An Account represents a category in a company’s ledger in which a financial transaction is recorded against. The aggregation of each Account object is often referred to as the Chart of Accounts.

An Account can be classified into one of the following categories, determined through the classification field:

  • Asset: Accounts Receivable and Bank Accounts
  • Liability: Accounts Payable and Credit Card Accounts
  • Equity: Treasury Accounts and Retained Earnings
  • Revenue: Income and Other Income
  • Expense: Cost of Goods Sold and Office Expenses
idstringOptionalRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
remote_idstring or nullOptional
created_atdatetimeOptionalRead-only
The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
modified_atdatetimeOptionalRead-only
The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
namestring or nullOptional
The account's name.
descriptionstring or nullOptional
The account's description.
classificationenum or nullOptional
The account's broadest grouping.
Allowed values:
typestring or nullOptional
The account's type is a narrower and more specific grouping within the account's classification.
account_typeenum or nullOptional
statusenum or nullOptional
The account's status.
Allowed values:
current_balancedouble or nullOptional
The account's current balance.
currencyenum or nullOptional
The account's currency. The currency code in ISO 4217 format.
account_numberstring or nullOptional
The account's number.
parent_accountstring or nullOptionalformat: "uuid"
ID of the parent account.
companystring or nullOptionalformat: "uuid"
The company the account belongs to.
remote_was_deletedbooleanOptionalRead-only
field_mappingsobject or nullOptionalRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullOptionalRead-only