> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nmbr.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create an accounting code ## OpenAPI ````yaml /spec/openapi.json post /accounting_codes openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Nmbr API description: API to interact with Nmbr Payroll version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll security: - CompanyToken: [] tags: - name: Accounting Codes - name: Accounting Code Rules - name: Adjustments - name: Allowances - name: Allowance Line Items - name: Allowance Types - name: Async Tasks - name: Bank Accounts - name: Business Entities - name: Business Entity Verifications - name: Business Entity ROE Authorizations - name: Business Presets - name: Calculations - name: Companies - name: Contractors - name: Deductions - name: Deduction Line Items - name: Deduction Types - name: Earnings - name: Earning Line Items - name: Earning Types - name: Effective Tax Properties - name: Employees - name: Employee Benefits - name: Employee Benefit Line Items - name: Employee Benefit Types - name: Employer Benefits - name: Employer Benefit Line Items - name: Employer Benefit Types - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Line Items - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Types - name: Forms - name: Form Batches - name: Form Types - name: Holidays - name: Integrations - name: Journal Entries - name: Overtime Rates - name: Partners - name: Pay Rates - name: Pay Schedules - name: Pay Splits - name: Pay Stubs - name: Payments - name: Payrolls - name: Reimbursements - name: Reimbursement Line Items - name: Reimbursement Types - name: Remittance Accounts - name: Remittance Account Enrollments - name: Reports - name: Statutory Withholding Line Items - name: Statutory Withholding Types - name: Tags - name: Tag Groups - name: Tax Properties - name: Tax Property Templates - name: Tokens - name: Usage Records - name: Usage Summaries - name: Vacation Pay - name: Vacation Pay Settings - name: Webhooks - name: Work Assignments paths: /accounting_codes: post: tags: - Accounting Codes summary: Create an accounting code operationId: accounting-codes-store requestBody: content: application/json: schema: allOf: - type: object properties: business_entity_id: type: string title: type: string maxLength: 255 title_translations: type: object description: Optional translations for the `title` property. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations' nullable: true type: type: string description: The type of accounting code. enum: - bank - expense - liability code: type: string description: >- The accounting code identifier as it appears in the chart of accounts. maxLength: 255 description: type: string nullable: true description_translations: type: object description: Optional translations for the `description` property. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations' nullable: true fallback_mappings: type: array description: >- Line Item type/subtype pairs that default to this accounting code when no specific mapping is configured. Each entry contains `type` and `subtype`. Must be an array of valid `type` and `subtype` pairs The combination of `type` and `subtype` must be unique within the business entities accounting codes, for the same accounting code type. items: type: object properties: type: type: string description: The type of accounting code. enum: - allowance - deduction - earning - employee_benefit - employer_benefit - employer_statutory_withholding - reimbursement - statutory_withholding subtype: type: string enum: - accident_insurance_plan - automobile_and_motor_vehicle - bonus_discretionary - bonus_non_discretionary - bonus_non_taxable - cell_phone_allowance - charitable_donation - child_care_expenses - child_eduction_non_taxable - child_eduction_taxable - clothing_non_taxable - clothing_taxable - commission - commission_periodic - commission_self_employed - cpp - cpp_2 - critical_illness - death_benefit - debt_relief - dental - education_and_professional_development - eht - ei - employee_assistance_program - federal_income_tax - fondaction - fondaction_rrsp - fonds_solidarite_ftq - fonds_solidarite_ftq_rrsp - garnishment_order - gift_cash - gift_near_cash - gift_non_cash_non_taxable - gift_non_cash_taxable - gratuity - group_dependent_life_insurance - group_term_life_insurance - health - health_spending_account - housing_allowance_cash - in_lieu_wages - income_replacement_indemnity_non_taxable - income_replacement_indemnity_taxable - income_tax - internet_allowance - invoice_payment - invoice_sales_tax - leave_bereavement - leave_citizenship - leave_domestic_and_sexual_violence - leave_general - leave_jury_duty - leave_maternity - leave_organ_donor - leave_parental - leave_paternity - leave_personal - leave_sick - leave_voting - leave_wedding - long_term_disability - meals_subsidized_non_cash - meals_taxable - moving_allowance_non_taxable - moving_allowance_taxable - municipal_officers_expense - non_group_long_term_disability - non_group_short_term_disability - non_taxable_allowance - non_taxable_reimbursement - other_deduction - overtime - overtime_meals_non_taxable - parental_top_up_insurable - parental_top_up_non_insurable - parking - parking_allowance - pension - pension_dbpp - pension_dcpp - pension_mfpp - pension_prpp - pension_restricted_rrsp - pension_rrsp - pension_rrsp_non_periodic - pension_unregistered_prpp - pension_vrsp - professional_membership - professional_membership_dues_taxable - profit_sharing_dpsp - provincial_income_tax - qpip - qpp - qpp_2 - retiring_allowance - retiring_allowance_eligible - retroactive_pay - retroactive_pay_increase - salary - salary_continuance - savings_tfsa - second_opinion_medical_consultation - severance_pay - short_term_disability - social_event_allowance - statutory_holiday_pay - supplemental_unemployment - taxable_cash_allowance - taxable_reimbursement - territorial_income_tax - time_off_in_lieu - time_off_in_lieu_overtime - tools_allowance - transit_pass - transportation_to_from_work - travelling_allowance_non_taxable - travelling_allowance_taxable - uk_paye_income_tax - union_dues - union_dues_post_tax - utilities_allowance - vacation_accrual_adjustment - vacation_pay - vacation_pay_employee_terminated - vacation_pay_no_time_taken - vacation_pay_time_taken - vehicle_allowance_non_taxable - vehicle_employer_provided - virtual_health_service - wage - wcb - wellness_spending_account - type: object required: - business_entity_id - title - type example: business_entity_id: title: Expense Code type: expense code: '5100' responses: '201': description: Created content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"accounting_code"`). readOnly: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountingCode' example: id: object: accounting_code data: business_entity: id: object: business_entity links: self: /business_entities/ type: expense code: '5100' title: Expense Code title_translations: null title_translated: Expense Code description: null description_translations: null description_translated: null mapping: xero: false quickbooks: false fallback_mappings: [] created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' links: self: /accounting_codes/ components: schemas: Translations: type: object nullable: true properties: en: type: string maxLength: 255 fr: type: string maxLength: 255 AccountingCode: type: object title: Accounting Code properties: business_entity: type: object description: The Business Entity this accounting code belongs to. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"business_entity"`). readOnly: true type: type: string description: The type of accounting code. enum: - bank - expense - liability code: type: string description: >- The accounting code identifier as it appears in the chart of accounts. nullable: true maxLength: 255 title: type: string maxLength: 255 title_translations: type: object description: Optional translations for the `title` property. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations' nullable: true title_translated: type: string description: >- The translation of the `title` property for the request locale. Computed using the values in `title` and `title_translations` and the value of the request's `Accept-Language` header. readOnly: true description: type: string nullable: true description_translations: type: object description: Optional translations for the `description` property. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations' nullable: true description_translated: type: string description: >- The translation of the `description` property for the request locale. Computed using the values in `description` and `description_translations` and the value of the request's `Accept-Language` header. readOnly: true mapping: type: object nullable: true properties: xero: type: boolean quickbooks: type: boolean fallback_mappings: type: object description: >- Line Item type/subtype pairs that default to this accounting code when no specific mapping is configured. Each entry contains `type` and `subtype`. nullable: true created_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime updated_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime securitySchemes: CompanyToken: type: http scheme: bearer ````