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# Update a remittance account



## OpenAPI

````yaml /spec/openapi.json put /remittance_accounts/{remittance_account}
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:
  /remittance_accounts/{remittance_account}:
    put:
      tags:
        - Remittance Accounts
      summary: Update a remittance account
      operationId: remittance-accounts-update
      parameters:
        - name: remittance_account
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
          required: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                is_default:
                  type: boolean
                account_provider:
                  type: string
                category:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - ca_benefit_provider
                    - ca_provincial_government
                    - ca_tax_agency
                    - ca_union
                    - ca_workers_compensation
                label:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                label_translations:
                  type: object
                  description: Optional translations for the `label` property.
                  allOf:
                    - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations'
                  nullable: true
                account_identifier:
                  type: string
                  description: Editing is prevented when `is_editable` is false
                  nullable: true
                  maxLength: 255
                remitter_type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - accelerated_threshold_1
                    - accelerated_threshold_2
                    - quarterly
                    - regular
                remittance_management:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - automatic
                    - manual
                note:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                address_line_1:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                address_line_2:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                city:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                administrative_area:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  maxLength: 255
                province_code:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    In Canada, must be an uppercase 2-letter province code:
                    `AB`, `BC`, `MB`, `NB`, `NL`, `NS`, `NT`, `NU`, `ON`, `PE`,
                    `QC`, `SK`, `YT`
                  nullable: true
                country_code:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    Must be an uppercase 2-letter country code (ISO 3166-1
                    alpha-2, e.g., `CA`).
                  nullable: true
                postal_code:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  maxLength: 10
                metadata:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemittanceAccountMetadata'
            example:
              label: CRA Payroll Account - Main
              account_identifier: 123456789RP0002
              remitter_type: accelerated_threshold_1
              remittance_management: automatic
              note: Updated main payroll remittance account
              address_line_1: 555 MacKenzie Ave
              city: Ottawa
              administrative_area: 'ON'
              country_code: CA
              postal_code: K1A 0L5
      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 (`"remittance_account"`).
                    readOnly: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemittanceAccount'
              example:
                id: <id>
                object: remittance_account
                data:
                  business_entity:
                    id: <id>
                    object: business_entity
                    links:
                      self: /business_entities/<id>
                  source_tax_property:
                    id: <id>
                    object: tax_property
                    links:
                      self: /tax_properties/<id>
                  account_provider: ca_cra
                  is_default: false
                  is_editable: true
                  is_deletable: true
                  category: ca_tax_agency
                  label: CRA Payroll Account - Main
                  label_translations: null
                  label_translated: CRA Payroll Account - Main
                  account_identifier: 123456789RP0002
                  remitter_type: accelerated_threshold_1
                  remittance_management: automatic
                  note: Updated main payroll remittance account
                  address_line_1: 555 MacKenzie Ave
                  address_line_2: null
                  city: Ottawa
                  administrative_area: 'ON'
                  province_code: 'ON'
                  country_code: CA
                  postal_code: K1A 0L5
                  has_payments: false
                  current_enrollments_count: 0
                  pending_enrollments_count: 0
                  metadata: null
                  created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
                  updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
                links:
                  self: /remittance_accounts/<id>
components:
  schemas:
    Translations:
      type: object
      nullable: true
      properties:
        en:
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
        fr:
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
    RemittanceAccountMetadata:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Additional data points for this account. The available fields depend on
        the account's `category`; `null` for categories that capture no
        metadata.
      anyOf:
        - type: object
          title: Workers’ compensation
          properties:
            last_payment_amount:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The last payment made to the board before Nmbr takes over
                remittance, in dollars (e.g. `"1250.00"`).
              nullable: true
              format: decimal
        - type: object
          description: >-
            Categories with no category-specific metadata. Omit the field or
            send `null`.
          title: Other categories
          nullable: true
      nullable: true
    RemittanceAccount:
      type: object
      title: Remittance Account
      properties:
        business_entity:
          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 (`"business_entity"`).
              readOnly: true
        source_tax_property:
          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 (`"tax_property"`).
              readOnly: true
        account_provider:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The authority to which remittances are made for this account. This
            is used to determine how to remit payments for this account.
            Employer Health Tax (EHT) and Workers' Compensation (WCB)
            authorities are limited to one account, per province, per business
            entity; creating a second for an authority that already has one is
            rejected.
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - ca_ab_workers_compensation
            - ca_bc_eht
            - ca_bc_workers_compensation
            - ca_cra
            - ca_mb_eht
            - ca_mb_workers_compensation
            - ca_nb_workers_compensation
            - ca_nl_eht
            - ca_nl_workers_compensation
            - ca_ns_workers_compensation
            - ca_nt_government
            - ca_nt_workers_compensation
            - ca_nu_government
            - ca_nu_workers_compensation
            - ca_on_eht
            - ca_on_workers_compensation
            - ca_pe_workers_compensation
            - ca_rq
            - ca_sk_workers_compensation
            - ca_yt_workers_compensation
        is_default:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            When true, this account is used for auto-enrollment of new
            work-assignments, and work-assignments without an existing
            enrollment for this authority. Only one account per authority per
            business may be the default at a time.
        is_editable:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            When false, the account's `account_identifier` cannot be updated.
            Becomes false once the account is used on a non-draft payroll and an
            `account_identifier` is set; returns to true when every referencing
            payroll is reverted to draft or deleted.
        is_deletable:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            When false, the account cannot be deleted. Becomes false once the
            account is referenced by any non-draft payroll; returns to true when
            every referencing payroll is reverted to draft or deleted.
        category:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - ca_benefit_provider
            - ca_provincial_government
            - ca_tax_agency
            - ca_union
            - ca_workers_compensation
        label:
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
        label_translations:
          type: object
          description: Optional translations for the `label` property.
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Translations'
          nullable: true
        label_translated:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The translation of the `label` property for the request locale.
            Computed using the values in `label` and `label_translations` and
            the value of the request's `Accept-Language` header.
          readOnly: true
        account_identifier:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        remitter_type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The CRA remitter type for this account, which determines remittance
            due dates and reporting frequency. When null, falls back to the
            business entity's remitter type.
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - accelerated_threshold_1
            - accelerated_threshold_2
            - quarterly
            - regular
        remittance_management:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Whether remittances for this account are filed manually by the
            employer (`manual`) or handled automatically by Nmbr (`automatic`).
            Only accounts Nmbr can remit on your behalf (CRA, RQ, and Employer
            Health Tax authorities) may be set to `automatic`; all others are
            always `manual`.
          enum:
            - automatic
            - manual
        note:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        address_line_1:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        address_line_2:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        city:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        administrative_area:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        province_code:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        country_code:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 2
        postal_code:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 10
        has_payments:
          type: boolean
        current_enrollments_count:
          type: number
          nullable: true
          format: decimal
        pending_enrollments_count:
          type: number
          nullable: true
          format: decimal
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RemittanceAccountMetadata'
        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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