POST
/
v1
/
businesses
/
{business_id}
/
invoices
/
{invoice_id}
/
delete
curl -X POST https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/invoices/${invoice_id}/delete \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

{
  "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",
    "recipient_name": "John Doe",
    "line_items": [
      {
        "id": "e6a491dd-9c22-4403-a54f-32d741a7ec67",
        "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",
        "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": []
  }
}

Invoice deletion is not part of the normal account workflow. This functionality is provided in case an erroneous invoice creation.

If you need to void (cancel) an outstanding invoice, use the Void an Invoice endpoint instead.

Deletion of an invoice is only possible if the invoice has not been paid. Delete all payments made against the invoice before attempting to delete the invoice.

​
Path Parameters

​
business_id
string

Id of the Business the invoice is associated with.

​
invoice_id
string
required

Id of the Invoice to be deleted.

​
Response

Returns the updated Invoice Object

curl -X POST https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/invoices/${invoice_id}/delete \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
The API will respond with the previous state of the now deleted invoice.
Void an InvoiceInvoice Payment object