# Debit Memos

`GET /accounting/debit-memos`

Group: Accounting › Debit Memos · Operation ID: `debitMemos`

Returns a list of debit memos. To filter by document number, counterparty name, purchase order, customer message or any amount, use POST accounting/debit-memos/search.

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## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |

## Query surface

- `id` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `creditMemoId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `debitMemoDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `dueDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `taxDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `approvalStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `debitMemoStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `debitMemoType` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `currency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `customerId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `entityId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentTerm` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `isMigrated` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `debitGlAccountId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `billToAddressId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `soldToAddressId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- Orderable: id, creditMemoId, customerId, entityId, debitMemoDate, dueDate, taxDate, approvalStatus, debitMemoStatus, debitMemoType, currency, paymentTerm, isMigrated, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, debitMemoNumber, creditMemoId, creditMemoNumber, debitMemoDate, dueDate, taxDate, approvalStatus, debitMemoStatus, debitMemoType, currency, customerId, customerName, customerNumber, entityId, entityName, paymentTerm, purchaseOrder, customerMessage, externalDebitMemoId, isMigrated, debitGlAccountId, billToAddressId, soldToAddressId, subtotal, totalAmount, totalTax, totalAmountDebited, lineDiscounts, unappliedCreditAmount, lastModifiedDate

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of debitMemosRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | The unique identifier for the debit memo. |
| `debitMemoNumber` | string or null | no | The debit memo number, for example 'DM-1'. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `creditMemoId` | string or null | no | The source credit memo this debit memo settles. Absent on a standalone debit memo. See id on GET accounting/credit-memos/:id. |
| `creditMemoNumber` | string or null | no | The number of the source credit memo. Present whenever creditMemoId is. |
| `debitMemoDate` | string (date) | no | The date the debit memo was issued. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `dueDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date the debit memo falls due. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Computed from debitMemoDate plus the payment term's days. |
| `taxDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date the debit memo's tax was determined on. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to debitMemoDate. |
| `approvalStatus` | string or null | no | The approval status of the debit memo. Possible values: 'draft', 'pendingApproval', 'revise', 'approved', 'rejected'. Only an approved debit memo has financial effect. |
| `debitMemoStatus` | string or null | no | The payment and credit coverage status. Possible values: 'unpaid', 'isOverdue', 'partiallyPaid', 'paidInFull', 'creditedInFull', 'disputed'. Absent before approval. |
| `debitMemoType` | string | no | The reason key for the charge, for example 'orderEntryError'. The accepted keys are configured per tenant. |
| `currency` | string | no | The currency of the debit memo. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. It governs every amount on the record. |
| `customerId` | string or null | no | The customer the debit memo is issued to. See id on GET accounting/customers/:id. |
| `customerName` | string or null | no | The display name of the customer. |
| `customerNumber` | string or null | no | The customer number. |
| `entityId` | string or null | no | The legal entity that issued the debit memo. See id on GET base/entities. |
| `entityName` | string or null | no | The name of the issuing legal entity. |
| `paymentTerm` | string | no | The payment-term key applied to the debit memo. See code on GET accounting/payment-terms. |
| `purchaseOrder` | string or null | no | The customer's own purchase-order reference. |
| `customerMessage` | string or null | no | A free-text message shown to the customer on the document. |
| `externalDebitMemoId` | string or null | no | The identifier of this debit memo in an external source system. |
| `isMigrated` | boolean or null | no | Whether the debit memo was loaded from a previous system. When true, it is excluded from dunning and its journal entries are auto-reversed. |
| `debitGlAccountId` | string or null | no | The header debit GL account the journal entry posts to, an Asset-type account. See id on GET accounting/accounts/:id. |
| `billToAddressId` | string or null | no | The bill-to address on the document. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `soldToAddressId` | string or null | no | The sold-to address on the document. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `subtotal` | string (decimal) or null | no | The sum of the lines' pre-discount totals, in the debit memo currency. |
| `totalAmount` | string (decimal) or null | no | The total including tax, in the debit memo currency. |
| `totalTax` | string (decimal) or null | no | The total tax across all lines, in the debit memo currency. |
| `totalAmountDebited` | string (decimal) or null | no | The gross amount debited, in the debit memo currency. |
| `lineDiscounts` | string (decimal) or null | no | The sum of the prorated discount amounts across all lines, in the debit memo currency. |
| `unappliedCreditAmount` | string (decimal) or null | no | The credit still unapplied on the source credit memo, in the debit memo currency. Absent on a standalone debit memo. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) or null | no | The date and time the debit memo record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error
