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# Update an accounting code



## OpenAPI

````yaml /spec/openapi.json put /accounting_codes/{accounting_code}
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/{accounting_code}:
    put:
      tags:
        - Accounting Codes
      summary: Update an accounting code
      operationId: accounting-codes-update
      parameters:
        - name: accounting_code
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
          required: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                title_translations:
                  type: object
                  description: Optional translations for the `title` property.
                  allOf:
                    - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations'
                  nullable: true
                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
                type:
                  type: string
                  description: The type of accounting code.
                  enum:
                    - bank
                    - expense
                    - liability
                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
            example:
              title: Accounting Code
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          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: <id>
                object: accounting_code
                data:
                  business_entity:
                    id: <id>
                    object: business_entity
                    links:
                      self: /business_entities/<id>
                  type: expense
                  code: '9916'
                  title: Accounting Code
                  title_translations: null
                  title_translated: Accounting Code
                  description: >-
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                  description_translations: null
                  description_translated: >-
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                  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/<id>
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

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