QuickBooks: Create a recurring transaction — request body — body Journal Entry

API reference · Contract 2026-10-20

SDK schema: Create a recurring transaction — request body — body Journal Entry

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: allowed
Adjustment	JSON	Optional	Indicates whether this transaction is a journal entry adjustment.
Adjustment (anyOf 1)	boolean	Alternative
Adjustment (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	One of: true, false
CurrencyRef	Model	Optional	Expand Create a bill — request body — body Currency Ref Reference to the currency in which all amounts on the associated transaction are expressed. This must be defined if multicurrency is enabled for the company. Multicurrency is enabled for the company if Preferences.MultiCurrencyEnabled is set to true . Read more about multicurrency support here . Required if multicurrency is enabled for the company Conditionally required
DocNumber	string	Optional	Reference number for the transaction. Throws an error when duplicate DocNumber is sent in the request and if Preferences:OtherPrefs:NameValue.Name = WarnDuplicateJournalNumber is true. Recommended best practice: check the setting of Preferences:OtherPrefs:NameValue.Name = WarnDuplicateJournalNumber before setting DocNumber. If a duplicate DocNumber needs to be supplied, add the query parameter name/value pair, include=allowduplicatedocnum to the URI. Sort order is ASC by default. If null value is sent in the request null will be saved. If there is a need to support assigning a docNumber when null, it can be achieved through include param, include=allowautodocnum
ExchangeRate	JSON	Optional	The number of home currency units it takes to equal one unit of currency specified by CurrencyRef . Applicable if multicurrency is enabled for the company. Decimal string
ExchangeRate (anyOf 1)	number	Alternative
ExchangeRate (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:.[0-9]+)?$
GlobalTaxCalculation	string	Optional	Method in which tax is applied. Allowed values are: TaxExcluded , TaxInclusive . Not applicable to US companies; required for non-US companies. Conditionally required
HomeTotalAmt	JSON	Optional	The value of this field will always be set to zero. Applicable if multicurrency is enabled for the company. Decimal string Read only: true
HomeTotalAmt (anyOf 1)	number	Alternative
HomeTotalAmt (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:.[0-9]+)?$
Id	string	Optional	Unique identifier for this object. Read only: true
Line	array	Optional	Individual line items of a transaction. There must be at least one pair of Journal Entry Line elements, representing a debit and a credit, called distribution lines. Valid Line types include: JournalEntryLine and DescriptionOnlyLine
Line[]	JSON	Each item
Line[] (anyOf 1)	Model	Alternative	Expand Create a journalentry — request body — body Line item
Line[] (anyOf 2)	Model	Alternative	Expand Void an invoice — request body — body Line item Amount, Description, Description Line Detail, Detail Type, Id, Line Num
MetaData	Model	Optional	Expand Read a bill — response body — Bill Meta Data Descriptive information about the object. The MetaData values are set by Data Services and are read only for all applications.
PrivateNote	string	Optional	User entered, organization-private note about the transaction.
RecurDataRef	Model	Optional	Expand Create a purchase order — request body — body Ship To A reference to the Recurring Transaction. It captures what recurring transaction template the JournalEntry was created from. Read only: true
SyncToken	string	Optional	Version number of the object. It is used to lock an object for use by one app at a time. As soon as an application modifies an object, its SyncToken is incremented. Attempts to modify an object specifying an older SyncToken fails. Only the latest version of the object is maintained by QuickBooks Online. Read only: true
TaxRateRef	Model	Optional	Expand Create a purchase order — request body — body Ship To Reference to the Tax Adjustment Rate Ids for this item. Query the TaxRate list resource to determine the appropriate TaxRate object for this reference. Use TaxRate.Id and TaxRate.Name from that object for TaxRateRef.value and TaxRateRef.name, respectively.
TotalAmt	JSON	Optional	The value of this field will always be set to zero. Calculated by QuickBooks business logic; any value you supply is over-written by QuickBooks. Decimal string Read only: true
TotalAmt (anyOf 1)	number	Alternative
TotalAmt (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:.[0-9]+)?$
TxnDate	string	Optional	The date entered by the user when this transaction occurred. For posting transactions, this is the posting date that affects the financial statements. If the date is not supplied, the current date on the server is used. Sort order is ASC by default.
TxnTaxDetail	Model	Optional	Expand Create a bill — request body — body Txn Tax Detail This data type provides information for taxes charged on the transaction as a whole. It captures the details sales taxes calculated for the transaction based on the tax codes referenced by the transaction. This can be calculated by QuickBooks business logic or you may supply it when adding a transaction. See Global tax model for more information about this element. If sales tax is disabled ( Preferences.TaxPrefs.UsingSalesTax is set to false ) then TxnTaxDetail is ignored and not stored.
RecurringInfo	Model	Required within parent	Expand Create a recurring transaction — request body — body Bill Recurring Info

Referenced models: Read a bill — response body — Bill Meta Data, Create a bill — request body — body Currency Ref, Void an invoice — request body — body Line item Amount, Description, Description Line Detail, Detail Type, Id, Line Num, Create a journalentry — request body — body Line item, Create a recurring transaction — request body — body Bill Recurring Info, Create a purchase order — request body — body Ship To, Create a bill — request body — body Txn Tax Detail