# Expense Reports

`GET /accounting/expense-reports`

Group: Accounting › Expense Reports · Operation ID: `expenseReports`

Returns a list of expense reports. Each entry is the report header. Read one report with its expense items from GET accounting/expense-reports/:id or POST accounting/expense-reports/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
- `expenseNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `status` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `submittedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `reimbursementCurrency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `externalExpenseReportId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `origin` — 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, expenseNumber, status, paymentStatus, submittedDate, reimbursementCurrency, reimbursableTotal, openAmount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, expenseNumber, status, paymentStatus, submittedDate, reimbursementCurrency, reimbursableTotal, reimbursableTotalNetAmount, amountPaid, openAmount, pendingAmount, containsBillableItem, pendingPayment, externalExpenseReportId, origin, employeeName, entityName, lastModifiedDate

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of expenseReportsRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | The unique identifier for the expense report. |
| `expenseNumber` | string or null | no | The expense number. |
| `status` | string or null | no | The approval status of the report. Values include 'draft', 'pendingApproval', 'approved', 'rejected' and 'paid'. |
| `paymentStatus` | string or null | no | The payment status of the report. |
| `submittedDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date the employee submitted the report. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `reimbursementCurrency` | string or null | no | The currency the report is reimbursed in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Governs every header total below. |
| `reimbursableTotal` | string (decimal) or null | no | The total reimbursable amount across the report's items, in reimbursementCurrency. |
| `reimbursableTotalNetAmount` | string (decimal) or null | no | The total reimbursable amount excluding VAT, in reimbursementCurrency. |
| `amountPaid` | string (decimal) or null | no | The amount already reimbursed to the employee, in reimbursementCurrency. |
| `openAmount` | string (decimal) or null | no | The amount still owed to the employee, reimbursableTotal minus amountPaid, in reimbursementCurrency. |
| `pendingAmount` | string (decimal) or null | no | The amount committed to an in-flight payment run but not yet paid, in reimbursementCurrency. |
| `containsBillableItem` | boolean or null | no | Whether at least one item on the report is marked billable to a customer. |
| `pendingPayment` | boolean or null | no | Whether a payment for this report is in flight. |
| `externalExpenseReportId` | string or null | no | The identifier this report has in the upstream system that produced it. It is not unique. |
| `origin` | string or null | no | The source system this report came from, as free-form text. |
| `employeeName` | string or null | no | The name of the employee the report belongs to. |
| `entityName` | string or null | no | The name of the legal entity the report is posted under. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) or null | no | The date and time the expense report 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