Create an Invoice

curl -X POST https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/invoices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "external_id": "019234",
    "sent_at": "2024-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "due_at": "2023-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "invoice_number": "1",
    "customer_external_id": "customer-john-doe",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-1",
        "product": "Cleaner Solution Pro",
        "unit_price": 1299,
        "quantity": 2,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "type": "Tax_Name",
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT"
            },
            "amount": 218
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-2",
        "product": "Full drain cleaning service",
        "unit_price": 25000,
        "quantity": 1
      }
    ],
    "additional_discount": 250
  }'

{
  "data": {
    "type": "Invoice",
    "id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
    "business_id": "83d8fb80-31ee-4d57-b684-44b4aaa5e01f",
    "external_id": "019234",
    "status": "SENT",
    "sent_at": "2024-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "due_at": "2023-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "paid_at": null,
    "voided_at": null,
    "invoice_number": "1",
    "customer": {
      "id": "a4c38874-8c01-4986-b8d0-4f159a52dd39",
      "external_id": "customer-1",
      "individual_name": null,
      "company_name": null,
      "email": null,
      "mobile_phone": null,
      "office_phone": null,
      "address_string": null,
      "notes": null,
      "status": "ACTIVE"
    },
    "line_items": [
      {
        "id": "e6a491dd-9c22-4403-a54f-32d741a7ec67",
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-1",
        "invoice_id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
        "account_identifier": null,
        "description": null,
        "product": "Cleaner Solution Pro",
        "unit_price": 1299,
        "quantity": "2.00",
        "subtotal": 2598,
        "discount_amount": 0,
        "sales_taxes_total": 218,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "type": "Tax_Name",
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT"
            },
            "amount": 218
          }
        ],
        "total_amount": 2816
      },
      {
        "id": "44f06385-3ef5-4517-8095-eeedaf2054ab",
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-2",
        "invoice_id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
        "account_identifier": null,
        "description": null,
        "product": "Full drain cleaning service",
        "unit_price": 25000,
        "quantity": "1.00",
        "subtotal": 25000,
        "discount_amount": 0,
        "sales_taxes_total": 0,
        "total_amount": 25000
      }
    ],
    "subtotal": 27598,
    "additional_discount": 250,
    "additional_sales_taxes_total": 0,
    "tips": 0,
    "total_amount": 27566,
    "outstanding_balance": 27566,
    "payment_allocations": [],
    "imported_at": "2024-04-19T02:23:59.902537Z",
    "updated_at": null,
    "transaction_tags": [],
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

POST

businesses

{business_id}

invoices

curl -X POST https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/invoices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "external_id": "019234",
    "sent_at": "2024-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "due_at": "2023-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "invoice_number": "1",
    "customer_external_id": "customer-john-doe",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-1",
        "product": "Cleaner Solution Pro",
        "unit_price": 1299,
        "quantity": 2,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "type": "Tax_Name",
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT"
            },
            "amount": 218
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-2",
        "product": "Full drain cleaning service",
        "unit_price": 25000,
        "quantity": 1
      }
    ],
    "additional_discount": 250
  }'

{
  "data": {
    "type": "Invoice",
    "id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
    "business_id": "83d8fb80-31ee-4d57-b684-44b4aaa5e01f",
    "external_id": "019234",
    "status": "SENT",
    "sent_at": "2024-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "due_at": "2023-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "paid_at": null,
    "voided_at": null,
    "invoice_number": "1",
    "customer": {
      "id": "a4c38874-8c01-4986-b8d0-4f159a52dd39",
      "external_id": "customer-1",
      "individual_name": null,
      "company_name": null,
      "email": null,
      "mobile_phone": null,
      "office_phone": null,
      "address_string": null,
      "notes": null,
      "status": "ACTIVE"
    },
    "line_items": [
      {
        "id": "e6a491dd-9c22-4403-a54f-32d741a7ec67",
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-1",
        "invoice_id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
        "account_identifier": null,
        "description": null,
        "product": "Cleaner Solution Pro",
        "unit_price": 1299,
        "quantity": "2.00",
        "subtotal": 2598,
        "discount_amount": 0,
        "sales_taxes_total": 218,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "type": "Tax_Name",
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT"
            },
            "amount": 218
          }
        ],
        "total_amount": 2816
      },
      {
        "id": "44f06385-3ef5-4517-8095-eeedaf2054ab",
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-2",
        "invoice_id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
        "account_identifier": null,
        "description": null,
        "product": "Full drain cleaning service",
        "unit_price": 25000,
        "quantity": "1.00",
        "subtotal": 25000,
        "discount_amount": 0,
        "sales_taxes_total": 0,
        "total_amount": 25000
      }
    ],
    "subtotal": 27598,
    "additional_discount": 250,
    "additional_sales_taxes_total": 0,
    "tips": 0,
    "total_amount": 27566,
    "outstanding_balance": 27566,
    "payment_allocations": [],
    "imported_at": "2024-04-19T02:23:59.902537Z",
    "updated_at": null,
    "transaction_tags": [],
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Path Parameters

business_id

string

ID of the Business the invoice is associated with.

Body

external_id

string

required

External ID for the invoice within your platform. Idempotency key.

sent_at

ISO8601 timestamp

required

When the invoice was sent by the business to the recipient.

due_at

ISO8601 timestamp

When the invoice is due.

voided_at

ISO8601 timestamp

When the invoice was voided. Voiding excludes the invoice entirely from accounting.

invoice_number

string

Number for the invoice for display to end-users.

customer_id

string

ID of the Customer the invoice is associated with. Either the customer_id or the customer_external_id must be provided.

customer_external_id

string

External ID of the Customer the invoice is associated with. Either the customer_id or the customer_external_id must be provided.A customer does not need to be created before creating an invoice. When you provide a customer external id, Layer will create a customer object with the provided external id if it does not already exist. Customer details can be updated later using the Update a customer endpoint.

memo

false

Any text you would like to associate with the invoice (for example, to display to end users)

line_items

array of InvoiceLineItem objects

required

Line items making up the invoice.

Show InvoiceLineItem properties

external_id

string

The external ID of the invoice line item in your system.

description

string

Description of the specific line item.

account_identifier

object

The Account Identifier for the line item. If specified, the line item will be attributed to this specific account, typically a product or service revenue account. If not specified, the product name will be mapped to a revenue account based on the business or industry’s accounting configuration.

product

string

Reference to the product being sold.

quantity

float

Number of units sold.

unit_price

integer

The amount in cents of each unit.

discount_amount

integer

Total discount given to this line item, in cents.

sales_taxes

array of TaxLineItem objects

List of sales tax obligations on this line item.

Show TaxLineItem properties

amount

integer

required

Total tax amount for this line item, in cents.

tax_account

object

This object can either be either a Tax_Name or an AccountIdentifier object. An Account Identifier can be used when a known specific ledger account is appropriate for a tax. A Tax Name can be used to create and use tax categories dynamically.

prepayment_account_identifier

object

A second Account Identifier specifying that this is a prepayment, and which ledger account to use for accrual reporting.

additional_discount

integer

Additional discount applied to the whole invoice in addition to individual line items.

additional_sales_taxes

array of TaxLineItem objects

List of sales tax obligations on this line item.

Show TaxLineItem properties

amount

integer

required

Total tax amount for this line item, in cents.

tax_account

string

tips

integer

Tips included by the buyer, in cents.

tips_account

object

The Account Identifier for a tips account. If not specified, tips will be attributed to the Chart of Account’s default tips account, default a liability account. Alternate accounts can be specified in case tips should be tracked as revenue.

payments

array of InvoicePayment objects

Payments that have been made towards the balance of the invoice.

Show InvoicePayment properties

external_id

string

External ID for the payment within your platform. Idempotency key.

method

enum

Method used to make the payment. Values can be: CASH, CHECK, CREDIT_CARD, ACH, CREDIT_BALANCE, OTHER

fee

integer

Fee associated with processing a payment, e.g. credit card processing fees, in cents.

additional_fees

array of InvoicePaymentFee objects

Show InvoicePaymentFee properties

description

string

Optional description of the fee.

account

object

required

The Account Identifier for the fee to be debited.

fee_amount

integer

required

Amount of the fee in cents.

is_passed_to_customer

boolean

required

Whether or not the fee is passed to the customer. It is paid by the business otherwise.

processor

string

Processor used to make the payment, if any. Any processor name can be provided and will be tracked.

amount

integer

Value of the payment, in cents. If blank, this is assumed to be the entire total of the invoice.

metadata

json object

Arbitrary metadata you can include with the invoice payment

Response

Returns the created Invoice Object

curl -X POST https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/invoices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "external_id": "019234",
    "sent_at": "2024-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "due_at": "2023-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "invoice_number": "1",
    "customer_external_id": "customer-john-doe",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-1",
        "product": "Cleaner Solution Pro",
        "unit_price": 1299,
        "quantity": 2,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "type": "Tax_Name",
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT"
            },
            "amount": 218
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-2",
        "product": "Full drain cleaning service",
        "unit_price": 25000,
        "quantity": 1
      }
    ],
    "additional_discount": 250
  }'

{
  "data": {
    "type": "Invoice",
    "id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
    "business_id": "83d8fb80-31ee-4d57-b684-44b4aaa5e01f",
    "external_id": "019234",
    "status": "SENT",
    "sent_at": "2024-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "due_at": "2023-04-02T09:02:00Z",
    "paid_at": null,
    "voided_at": null,
    "invoice_number": "1",
    "customer": {
      "id": "a4c38874-8c01-4986-b8d0-4f159a52dd39",
      "external_id": "customer-1",
      "individual_name": null,
      "company_name": null,
      "email": null,
      "mobile_phone": null,
      "office_phone": null,
      "address_string": null,
      "notes": null,
      "status": "ACTIVE"
    },
    "line_items": [
      {
        "id": "e6a491dd-9c22-4403-a54f-32d741a7ec67",
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-1",
        "invoice_id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
        "account_identifier": null,
        "description": null,
        "product": "Cleaner Solution Pro",
        "unit_price": 1299,
        "quantity": "2.00",
        "subtotal": 2598,
        "discount_amount": 0,
        "sales_taxes_total": 218,
        "sales_taxes": [
          {
            "tax_account": {
              "type": "Tax_Name",
              "name": "CALIFORNIA_VAT"
            },
            "amount": 218
          }
        ],
        "total_amount": 2816
      },
      {
        "id": "44f06385-3ef5-4517-8095-eeedaf2054ab",
        "external_id": "invoice-line-item-2",
        "invoice_id": "6d0c298f-3e4e-4538-9a71-1d5359c22f71",
        "account_identifier": null,
        "description": null,
        "product": "Full drain cleaning service",
        "unit_price": 25000,
        "quantity": "1.00",
        "subtotal": 25000,
        "discount_amount": 0,
        "sales_taxes_total": 0,
        "total_amount": 25000
      }
    ],
    "subtotal": 27598,
    "additional_discount": 250,
    "additional_sales_taxes_total": 0,
    "tips": 0,
    "total_amount": 27566,
    "outstanding_balance": 27566,
    "payment_allocations": [],
    "imported_at": "2024-04-19T02:23:59.902537Z",
    "updated_at": null,
    "transaction_tags": [],
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Optional: Create a Paid invoice

You can specify an invoice as immediately paid by including InvoicePayment object(s) in the payments field of the invoice. This allows you to create and invoice and specify the full payment information in a single API call. This is equivalent to creating an invoice and then creating a payment fully allocated to that invoice.

`InvoicePayment` parameters

external_id

string

required

External ID for the invoice within your platform. Idempotency key.

method

enum

required

Method used to make the payment. Values can be: CASH, CHECK, CREDIT_CARD, ACH, CREDIT_BALANCE, OTHER

fee

integer

Fee associated with processing a payment, e.g. credit card processing fees, in cents.

additional_fees

array of InvoicePaymentFee objects

Show InvoicePaymentFee properties

description

string

Optional description of the fee.

account

object

required

The Account Identifier for the fee to be debited.

fee_amount

integer

required

Amount of the fee in cents.

is_passed_to_customer

boolean

required

Whether or not the fee is passed to the customer. It is paid by the business otherwise.

amount

integer

Value of the payment, in cents. If blank, this is assumed to be the entire total of the invoice.

Optional: Create refunds with the invoice

This field can be specified when creating an invoice and any of its invoice line items or invoice payments

dedicated_refunds

array of CreateDedicatedRefundParams objects

List of Dedicated Refunds to create with this payment

Invoice object Bulk create invoices

Businesses

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Accounting Reports

Platform Configuration

Activity Metrics

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Create an Invoice

Path Parameters

Body

Response

Optional: Create a Paid invoice

`InvoicePayment` parameters

Optional: Create refunds with the invoice

Businesses

Financial Activity

Accounting Reports

Platform Configuration

Activity Metrics

Quickbooks

​Path Parameters

​Body

​Response

​Optional: Create a Paid invoice

​InvoicePayment parameters

​Optional: Create refunds with the invoice

Path Parameters

Body

Response

Optional: Create a Paid invoice

`InvoicePayment` parameters

Optional: Create refunds with the invoice