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The `Item` object refers to the goods involved in a transaction.

### The Item Object

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "remote_id": "string",
  "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "name": "string",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "type": "INVENTORY",
  "unit_price": 1,
  "purchase_price": 1,
  "purchase_account": "string",
  "sales_account": "string",
  "company": "string",
  "purchase_tax_rate": "string",
  "sales_tax_rate": "string",
  "remote_updated_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "item_url": "string",
  "remote_was_deleted": true,
  "field_mappings": {
    "organization_defined_targets": {
      "string": {}
    },
    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
      "string": {}
    }
  },
  "remote_data": [
    {
      "path": "string",
      "data": {}
    }
  ]
}
```

### Schema (`Item`)

```yaml
components:
  schemas:
    Status7d1Enum:
      type: string
      enum:
        - ACTIVE
        - ARCHIVED
      title: Status7d1Enum
    Type2bbEnum:
      type: string
      enum:
        - INVENTORY
        - NON_INVENTORY
        - SERVICE
        - UNKNOWN
      title: Type2bbEnum
    ItemFieldMappings:
      type: object
      properties:
        organization_defined_targets:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            description: Any type
        linked_account_defined_targets:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            description: Any type
      title: ItemFieldMappings
    RemoteData:
      type: object
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
          description: The third-party API path that is being called.
        data:
          description: >-
            The data returned from the third-party for this object in its
            original, unnormalized format.
      required:
        - path
      description: >-
        # The RemoteData Object

        ### Description

        The `RemoteData` object is used to represent the full data pulled from
        the third-party API for an object.


        ### Usage Example

        TODO
      title: RemoteData
    Item:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        remote_id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The third-party API ID of the matching object.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
        modified_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
        name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The item's name.
        status:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status7d1Enum'
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            The item's status. This field is an open enum: Merge can return a
            value outside this list when an integration provides one it does not
            map. Pass `show_enum_origins=status` to receive the integration's
            own value instead.
        type:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Type2bbEnum'
            - type: 'null'
          description: The item's type.
        unit_price:
          type:
            - number
            - 'null'
          format: double
          description: The item's unit price.
        purchase_price:
          type:
            - number
            - 'null'
          format: double
          description: The price at which the item is purchased from a vendor.
        purchase_account:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uuid
          description: >-
            References the default account used to record a purchase of the
            item.
        sales_account:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uuid
          description: References the default account used to record a sale.
        company:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uuid
          description: The company the item belongs to.
        purchase_tax_rate:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uuid
          description: The default purchase tax rate for this item.
        sales_tax_rate:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uuid
          description: The default sales tax rate for this item.
        remote_updated_at:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: When the third party's item note was updated.
        item_url:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 2000
          description: The 3rd party URL of the item.
        remote_was_deleted:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third
            party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium
            add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited
            coverage. [Learn
            more](https://docs.merge.dev/integrations/hris/supported-features/).
        field_mappings:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemFieldMappings'
            - type: 'null'
        remote_data:
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemoteData'
      title: Item
```