> ## 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. # Update an employer benefit line item ## OpenAPI ````yaml /spec/openapi.json put /employer_benefit_line_items/{employer_benefit_line_item} 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: /employer_benefit_line_items/{employer_benefit_line_item}: put: tags: - Employer Benefit Line Items summary: Update an employer benefit line item operationId: employer-benefit-line-items-update parameters: - name: employer_benefit_line_item in: path schema: type: string required: true requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: business_preset_id: type: string description: >- Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false employer_benefit_type: type: string description: >- The type of Employer Benefit for this line item. Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false enum: - accident_insurance_plan - critical_illness - debt_relief - dental - employee_assistance_program - fondaction - fondaction_rrsp - fonds_solidarite_ftq - fonds_solidarite_ftq_rrsp - gift_near_cash - gift_non_cash_non_taxable - gift_non_cash_taxable - group_dependent_life_insurance - group_term_life_insurance - health - health_spending_account - long_term_disability - meals_subsidized_non_cash - non_group_long_term_disability - non_group_short_term_disability - parking - pension_dbpp - pension_dcpp - pension_mfpp - pension_prpp - pension_restricted_rrsp - pension_rrsp - pension_unregistered_prpp - pension_vrsp - professional_membership - profit_sharing_dpsp - savings_tfsa - second_opinion_medical_consultation - short_term_disability - transit_pass - transportation_to_from_work - vehicle_employer_provided - virtual_health_service - wellness_spending_account custom_amount: type: number description: >- An override for `managed_amount`. When set, `amount` reflects this value instead of `managed_amount`. Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false format: decimal maximum: 99999 accrued_vacation_pay: type: number description: >- The vacation pay accrued on this line item, calculated based on the Work Assignment's Vacation Pay Settings. format: decimal minimum: 0 maximum: 99999 title: type: string description: >- Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false nullable: true maxLength: 255 title_translations: type: object description: >- Optional translations for the `title` property. Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations' nullable: true remittance_account_id: type: string description: >- Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false expense_accounting_code_id: type: string description: >- Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource custom_expense_accounting_code_id: type: string liability_accounting_code_id: type: string description: >- Writing may be blocked when entity is managed by a parent resource custom_liability_accounting_code_id: type: string component_settings: type: object properties: attributes_locked: type: boolean external_ref: type: string maxLength: 255 custom_tag_assignment: type: object properties: unit: type: string enum: - amount - percentage is_component_locked: type: boolean tag_allocations: type: array items: type: object properties: tags: type: array items: type: string value: type: number format: decimal minimum: 0 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 (`"employer_benefit_line_item"`). readOnly: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployerBenefitLineItem' example: id: object: employer_benefit_line_item data: pay_stub: id: object: pay_stub links: self: /pay_stubs/ line_item_type: employer_benefit is_managed: false amount: 35 custom_amount: null managed_amount: 35 employer_benefit_type: id: object: employer_benefit_type data: type: health label: Health links: self: /employer_benefit_types/health recurrence: null title: null title_translations: null title_translated: null remittance_account_id: null remittance_account: null business_preset: null source_adjustment: null expense_accounting_code: null managed_expense_accounting_code: null custom_expense_accounting_code: null liability_accounting_code: null managed_liability_accounting_code: null custom_liability_accounting_code: null component_settings: attributes_locked: false external_ref: null created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' links: self: /employer_benefit_line_items/ components: schemas: Translations: type: object nullable: true properties: en: type: string maxLength: 255 fr: type: string maxLength: 255 EmployerBenefitLineItem: type: object title: Employer Benefit Line Item properties: pay_stub: 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 (`"pay_stub"`). readOnly: true line_item_type: type: string nullable: true is_managed: type: boolean description: >- Whether this line item was generated by an Employer Benefit recurrence and calculated automatically. When `true`, only `custom_amount` can be modified and the line item cannot be deleted. amount: type: number description: >- The effective amount for this line item. Returns `custom_amount` if set, otherwise `managed_amount`. Read-only. nullable: true format: decimal custom_amount: type: number description: >- An override for `managed_amount`. When set, `amount` reflects this value instead of `managed_amount`. nullable: true format: decimal managed_amount: type: number description: >- The amount calculated by the system or set by the linked Employer Benefit recurrence. Read-only; set `custom_amount` to override. nullable: true format: decimal employer_benefit_type: type: object description: The type of Employer Benefit for this line item. 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 (`"employer_benefit_type"`). readOnly: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmployerBenefitType' recurrence: {} title: type: string nullable: true 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 remittance_account_id: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 32 remittance_account: {} business_preset: {} source_adjustment: {} expense_accounting_code: description: >- The effective expense accounting code. Returns the user-set value if present, otherwise the system-derived value. Writes to this field set the user override. managed_expense_accounting_code: description: >- The expense accounting code derived by the system from accounting code rules and presets. Read-only. custom_expense_accounting_code: description: >- User-set expense accounting code that overrides the system-derived value. liability_accounting_code: description: >- The effective liability accounting code. Returns the user-set value if present, otherwise the system-derived value. Writes to this field set the user override. managed_liability_accounting_code: description: >- The liability accounting code derived by the system from accounting code rules and presets. Read-only. custom_liability_accounting_code: description: >- User-set liability accounting code that overrides the system-derived value. component_settings: type: object description: Settings specific to the Nmbr component. nullable: true properties: attributes_locked: type: boolean description: >- Whether the line item is locked and cannot be edited in the component. external_ref: type: string description: >- A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference. nullable: true maxLength: 255 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 EmployerBenefitType: type: object title: Employer Benefit Type properties: type: type: string description: The string identifier for this employer benefit type. nullable: true label: type: string description: The human-readable display name for this employer benefit type. nullable: true features: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LineItemTypeFeature' form_mappings: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LineItemFormMapping' LineItemTypeFeature: type: object description: >- How this line item type affects a single payroll calculation, such as income tax or CPP. See [Line item type features](https://docs.nmbr.co/guides/payroll-fundamentals/line-item-type-features) for further details. properties: type: type: string description: The payroll calculation this entry describes. enum: - eht - income_tax - insurable - pensionable - vacationable - wcb label: type: string description: Human-readable name for the payroll calculation. definitions: type: array description: >- How this type affects the calculation, broken down by jurisdiction. Jurisdictions where it does not apply are omitted. items: type: object properties: jurisdiction: type: string description: >- The jurisdiction this applies to (e.g. `ca_federal`, `ca_on`, `ca_qc`). effects: type: array description: >- How this type affects the payroll calculation in this jurisdiction. items: type: string enum: - accrues_vacation_pay - reduces_base - tax_credit - withholding help_text: type: string description: >- Plain-language explanation of how this type affects the calculation in this jurisdiction. nullable: true program_label: type: string description: >- The program that applies in this jurisdiction, for calculations that use different programs by jurisdiction (e.g. CPP federally, QPP in Quebec; EI federally, QPIP in Quebec). nullable: true LineItemFormMapping: type: object description: The year-end tax form boxes this line item type maps to. properties: form: type: string description: The form code (e.g. `t4`). form_label: type: string description: Human-readable form name. mapping: type: array description: The boxes on the form this type contributes to. items: type: array items: type: object properties: name: type: string description: The box or line identifier on the form. help_text: type: string description: Plain-language explanation of the box, when available. nullable: true securitySchemes: CompanyToken: type: http scheme: bearer ````