---
title: "Get bill"
method: GET
path: "/companies/{companyId}/data/bills/{billId}"
tags: ["Bills"]
---

# Get bill

`GET /companies/{companyId}/data/bills/{billId}`

The *Get bill* endpoint returns a single bill for a given billId.

[Bills](https://docs.codat.io/accounting-api#/schemas/Bill) are invoices that represent the SMB's financial obligations to their supplier for a purchase of goods or services.

Before using this endpoint, you must have [retrieved data for the company](https://docs.codat.io/codat-api#/operations/refresh-company-data).

### Tips and traps

To access the `paymentAllocations` property, ensure that the `billPayments` data type is queued and cached in Codat before retrieving `bills` from Codat's cache.

## Response `200`

Success

- Bill, nullable — > **Invoices or bills?** > > We distinguish between invoices where the company *owes money* vs. *is owed money*. If the company has received an invoice, and owes money to someone else (accounts payable) we call this a Bill. > > See [Invoices](https://docs.codat.io/accounting-api#/schemas/Invoice) for the accounts receivable equivalent of bills. ## Overview In Codat, a bill contains details of: * When the bill was recorded in the accounting system. * How much the bill is for and the currency of the amount. * Who the bill was received from — the *supplier*. * What the bill is for — the *line items*. Some accounting software give a separate name to purchases where the payment is made immediately, such as something bought with a credit card or online payment. One example of this would be QuickBooks Online's *expenses*. You can find these types of transactions in our [Direct costs](https://docs.codat.io/accounting-api#/schemas/DirectCost) data model.
  - `id` string — Identifier for the bill, unique for the company in the accounting software.
  - `reference` string, nullable — User-friendly reference for the bill.
  - `supplierRef` SupplierRef — unresolved $ref
  - `purchaseOrderRefs` PurchaseOrderRef[], nullable — unresolved $ref
  - `issueDate` string, required — In Codat's data model, dates and times are represented using the <a class="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601" target="_blank">ISO 8601 standard</a>. Date and time fields are formatted as strings; for example: ``` 2020-10-08T22:40:50Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00 ``` When syncing data that contains `DateTime` fields from Codat, make sure you support the following cases when reading time information: - Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): `2021-11-15T06:00:00Z` - Unqualified local time: `2021-11-15T01:00:00` - UTC time offsets: `2021-11-15T01:00:00-05:00` > Time zones > > Not all dates from Codat will contain information about time zones. > Where it is not available from the underlying platform, Codat will return these as times local to the business whose data has been synced.
  - `dueDate` string — In Codat's data model, dates and times are represented using the <a class="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601" target="_blank">ISO 8601 standard</a>. Date and time fields are formatted as strings; for example: ``` 2020-10-08T22:40:50Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00 ``` When syncing data that contains `DateTime` fields from Codat, make sure you support the following cases when reading time information: - Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): `2021-11-15T06:00:00Z` - Unqualified local time: `2021-11-15T01:00:00` - UTC time offsets: `2021-11-15T01:00:00-05:00` > Time zones > > Not all dates from Codat will contain information about time zones. > Where it is not available from the underlying platform, Codat will return these as times local to the business whose data has been synced.
  - `currency` Currency — unresolved $ref
  - `currencyRate` CurrencyRate — unresolved $ref
  - `lineItems` BillLineItem[], nullable — Array of Bill line items. — unresolved $ref
  - `withholdingTax` object[], nullable
    - `name` string, required — Name assigned to withheld tax.
    - `amount` number, required — Amount of tax withheld.
  - `status` BillStatus, required — unresolved $ref
  - `subTotal` number, required — Total amount of the bill, excluding any taxes.
  - `taxAmount` number, required — Amount of tax on the bill.
  - `totalAmount` number, required — Amount of the bill, including tax.
  - `amountDue` number, nullable — Amount outstanding on the bill.
  - `note` string, nullable — Any private, company notes about the bill, such as payment information.
  - `paymentAllocations` Items[], nullable — An array of payment allocations. — unresolved $ref
  - `metadata` Metadata
    - `isDeleted` boolean, nullable — Indicates whether the record has been deleted in the third-party system this record originated from.
  - `supplementalData` SupplementalData — Supplemental data is additional data you can include in our standard data types. It is referenced as a configured dynamic key value pair that is unique to the accounting software. [Learn more](https://docs.codat.io/using-the-api/supplemental-data/overview) about supplemental data.
    - `content` object, nullable
  - `modifiedDate` string — The date when the record was last fetched from the accounting software, commerce software, or open banking provider and updated in Codat’s data cache. Use it to identify and retrieve records that have changed since your last fetch. For example, filtering `modifiedDate` to today will provide new records updated in Codat today. This date is populated for all data types except for attachments, balance sheets, company information, and profit & loss reports ([read more](https://docs.codat.io/using-the-api/modified-dates#modified-date)). In Codat's data model, dates and times are represented using the <a class="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601" target="_blank">ISO 8601 standard</a>.
  - `sourceModifiedDate` string — The date when a record was last modified in the accounting software, usually by the business or a business process. For example, when payments are made against an invoice. It is not populated ([read more](https://docs.codat.io/using-the-api/modified-dates#source-modified-date)) when: - Pulling attachments - The accounting software does not provide modification dates for a data type - A record has been deleted from the source platform and Codat doesn't have a record of when the deletion occurred - A record has been voided. For certain platforms that soft delete records, `isDeleted` metadata is used to identify void records In Codat's data model, dates and times are represented using the <a class="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601" target="_blank">ISO 8601 standard</a>.

## Other responses

- `401` — Your API request was not properly authorized.
- `402` — An account limit has been exceeded. The type of limit is described in the error property: - You have exceeded the 50-company limit that applies to a Free plan. Delete any companies you no longer need and retry the request. - The requested sync schedule is not allowed. You requested an hourly sync schedule but this functionality is not included in the Free plan. - Your Free account is older than 365 days and has expired. Contact support@codat.io.
- `403` — You are using an outdated API key or a key not associated with that resource.
- `404` — One or more of the resources you referenced could not be found. This might be because your company or data connection id is wrong, or was already deleted.
- `409` — The data type's dataset has not been requested or is still syncing.
- `429` — Too many requests were made in a given amount of time. Wait a short period and then try again.
- `500` — There is a problem with our server. Please try again later.
- `503` — The Codat API is temporarily offline for maintenance. Please try again later.

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