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string
required
length ≤ 50

The unique identifier of the account. This cannot be changed once the account is created.

acquisition
object
external_accounts
array of objects
External Accounts
shipping_addresses
array of objects
shipping_addresses
string
length ≤ 255

A secondary value for the account.

string
length ≤ 255

The email address used for communicating with this customer. The customer will also use this email address to log into your hosted account management pages. This value does not need to be unique.

string
enum

Used to determine the language and locale of emails sent on behalf of the merchant to the customer. The list of locales is restricted to those the merchant has enabled on the site.

string

Used to determine the time zone of emails sent on behalf of the merchant to the customer. Must be a supported IANA time zone name

string
length ≤ 255

Additional email address that should receive account correspondence. These should be separated only by commas. These CC emails will receive all emails that the email field also receives.

string
length ≤ 255
string
length ≤ 255
string
length ≤ 100
string
length ≤ 20

The VAT number of the account (to avoid having the VAT applied). This is only used for manually collected invoices.

boolean

The tax status of the account. true exempts tax on the account, false applies tax on the account.

string
length ≤ 30

The tax exemption certificate number for the account. If the merchant has an integration for the Vertex tax provider, this optional value will be sent in any tax calculation requests for the account.

string

Unique ID to identify the business entity assigned to the account. Available when the Multiple Business Entities feature is enabled.

string
length ≤ 50

The account code of the parent account to be associated with this account. Passing an empty value removes any existing parent association from this account. If both parent_account_code and parent_account_id are passed, the non-blank value in parent_account_id will be used. Only one level of parent child relationship is allowed. You cannot assign a parent account that itself has a parent account.

string
length ≤ 13

The UUID of the parent account to be associated with this account. Passing an empty value removes any existing parent association from this account. If both parent_account_code and parent_account_id are passed, the non-blank value in parent_account_id will be used. Only one level of parent child relationship is allowed. You cannot assign a parent account that itself has a parent account.

string
enum
length ≤ 6

An enumerable describing the billing behavior of the account, specifically whether the account is self-paying or will rely on the parent account to pay.

Allowed:
string
enum

An optional type designation for the payment gateway transaction created by this request. Supports 'moto' value, which is the acronym for mail order and telephone transactions.

Allowed:
string

Unique ID to identify a dunning campaign. Used to specify if a non-default dunning campaign should be assigned to this account. For sites without multiple dunning campaigns enabled, the default dunning campaign will always be used.

string

Unique ID to identify an invoice template. Available when the site is on a Pro or Elite plan. Used to specify which invoice template, if any, should be used to generate invoices for the account.

address
object
billing_info
object
custom_fields
array of objects

The custom fields will only be altered when they are included in a request. Sending an empty array will not remove any existing values. To remove a field send the name with a null or empty value.

Custom fields
string

The Avalara AvaTax value that can be passed to identify the customer type for tax purposes. The range of values can be A - R (more info at Avalara). Value is case-sensitive.

date-time

The preferred billing date for the account. This date will be used as the billing date for when activating new subscriptions on the account.

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