Business object

A Business is Layer’s representation of an end business on your platform. The Business object contains all the information about the business needed for Layer’s embedded accounting logic.

Attributes

string

Unique identifier for the business.

string

Resource type. Value will be “Business”.

string

Unique ID of the business in your system for linking purposes. Idempotency key.

string

Legal name of the business as it has been registered.

string

Tax Identification Number for the business.

enum

Two letter state abbreviation. (AK, AL, AR, etc.)

string

ISO country code for the business location.

enum

Entity type of the business. Used to determine tax filing status. Values can be: SOLE_PROP, C_CORP, LLC, S_CORP, PARTNERSHIP

enum

Industry classification for the business.

string

6-digit NAICS code used to identify the business’s industry.

string

Phone number used for SMS based categorization.

boolean

Whether SMS is enabled for this business

boolean

Whether this business has responded to Layer’s SMS with “STOP”

ISO8601 timestamp

Date when SMS categorization starts for this business.

ISO8601 timestamp

Start date from which transactions will be classified, displayed, and available for reports.

ISO8601 timestamp

Time when the business entity was created in Layer. Eligible sort key.

ISO8601 timestamp

Time when the business’s information was last updated in Layer. Eligible sort key.

ISO8601 timestamp

Time when the business was archived, if applicable.

ISO8601 timestamp

Time when the business became read-only, if applicable. null when the business is writable. See Set business read-only status to change it.

array containing UnitAccount objects

List of unit accounts associated with this business.

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string

The Unit account’s ID

array containing PlaidItem objects

Plaid items linked to this account.

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string

item_id returned by Plaid on the initial link.

string

access_token returned by Plaid on the initial link.

array containing PlaidProcessorToken objects

List of Plaid processor tokens connected to this business.

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string

processor_token returned by Plaid after generating from access_token.

boolean

Indicates if this business was previously imported and unarchived. Only present when applicable.

array containing StripeConnectAccount objects

List of Stripe Connect accounts associated with this business.

enum

Default accounting basis for financial reports. Values can be: CASH, ACCRUAL

enum

Default locale used to localize the business’s content, such as SMS messages. Values can be: en-US, fr-CA. Defaults to en-US.

ISO8601 timestamp

The date and time when the business’s free trial ends.

{
  "id": "863ed926-e30d-40f4-8e7e-b0d5387ce4fb",
  "type": "Business",
  "external_id": "test-acme-id",
  "legal_name": "ACME LLC",
  "business_activity_code": null,
  "us_state": "CA",
  "entity_type": "LLC",
  "phone_number": "+16504651359",
  "sms_enabled": true,
  "sms_stopped": false,
  "naics_code": null,
  "default_locale": "en-US",
  "imported_at": "2023-06-15T22:12:05.467940Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-06-15T22:12:05.467940Z",
  "archived_at": null,
  "readonly_at": null,
  "unit_accounts": [
    {
      "id": "111111",
      "imported_at": "2023-06-15T22:12:05.467940Z"
    }
  ]
}

Businesses

Financial Activity

Accounting Reports

Platform Configuration

Platform reporting

Integrations

Business object

Attributes

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Attributes