# Outbound Payments

`GET /accounting/outbound-payments`

Group: Accounting › Outbound Payments · Operation ID: `outboundPayments`

Returns a list of outbound payments. Each entry is the payment header. Read one payment with its lines and payee details from GET accounting/outbound-payments/:id or POST accounting/outbound-payments/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
- `outboundPaymentNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentCurrency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentType` — 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
- `approvalStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `applicationStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `externalId` — 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
- `singlePayment` — 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, outboundPaymentNumber, paymentDate, paymentCurrency, paymentType, status, approvalStatus, applicationStatus, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, outboundPaymentNumber, description, paymentDate, paymentCurrency, paymentType, status, approvalStatus, applicationStatus, paymentId, externalId, origin, singlePayment, paymentAccountName, entityName, lastModifiedDate

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of outboundPaymentsRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | The unique identifier for the outbound payment. |
| `outboundPaymentNumber` | string or null | no | The outbound payment number. Absent until a number has been assigned. |
| `description` | string or null | no | A description of the payment. |
| `paymentDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date the payment was made. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `paymentCurrency` | string or null | no | The currency the payment is denominated in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. |
| `paymentType` | string or null | no | How the money was sent, for example 'ach', 'wire' or 'check'. |
| `status` | string or null | no | The processing status of the payment. |
| `approvalStatus` | string or null | no | Where the payment sits in the approval workflow. |
| `applicationStatus` | string or null | no | How much of the payment has been applied to bills. Values include 'unapplied', 'partiallyApplied' and 'applied'. |
| `paymentId` | string or null | no | The payment reference assigned by the bank or payment provider. It is not filterable. Match on it through POST accounting/outbound-payments/search. |
| `externalId` | string or null | no | The identifier this payment has in the upstream system that produced it. It is not unique. |
| `origin` | string or null | no | The source system this payment came from. Recorded when an integration created the payment. |
| `singlePayment` | boolean or null | no | Whether the payment covers a single bill rather than a batch. |
| `paymentAccountName` | string or null | no | The name of the bank GL account the money left. It is not filterable. To scope by account, use paymentAccountId on POST accounting/outbound-payments/search. |
| `entityName` | string or null | no | The name of the legal entity that made the payment. It is not filterable. To scope by entity, use entityId on POST accounting/outbound-payments/search. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) or null | no | The date and time the payment 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