Categories

Minimum access level: My Money, unless stated otherwise.

Categories are used to explain the type of income or cost for estimate items, invoice items, expenses, bills and bank transaction explanations.

Attributes

Attribute Description Kind
url The unique identifier for the category URI
description Category name String
nominal_code

Category code

 String
Additional attributes for income categories
group_description Name of the group to which the category belongs String
auto_sales_tax_rate One of the following:

  • Outside of the scope of VAT
  • Zero rate
  • Reduced rate
  • Standard rate
  • Exempt

 String
Additional attributes for spending categories
group_description Name of the group to which the category belongs String
allowable_for_tax true if cost can be deducted from income when working out your tax bill, false otherwise Boolean
tax_reporting_name Where the category is reported in the Statutory Accounts String
auto_sales_tax_rate One of the following:

  • Outside of the scope of VAT
  • Zero rate
  • Reduced rate
  • Standard rate

 String
Additional attributes for sub accounts
bank_account The bank account represented by the sub account. Will be present on 750-x categories URI
capital_asset_type The capital asset type represented by the sub account. Will be present on 601-x to 607-x categories URI
stock_item The stock item represented by the sub account. Will be present on 609-x categories URI
hire_purchase The hire purchase represented by the sub account. Will be present on 792-x to 793-x categories URI
user The user represented by the sub account. Will be present on 900-x to 910-x categories URI

Valid tax reporting names

Tax reporting names for cost of sales
UK Limited Company UK Sole Trader
commissions_payable cost_of_goods
material_costs subcontractor_costs
purchases
subcontractor_costs


UK Partnership Universal and US Companies
cost_of_sales cost_of_labor
subcontractor_costs materials_and_supplies
other_costs
purchases
Tax reporting names for admin expenses
UK Limited Company UK Sole Trader
accountancy_fees accountancy_and_legal_fees
advertising_and_promotional_costs advertising_and_entertainment_costs
amortisation_of_intangible_assets bank_and_loan_interest
bad_debts_written_off car_van_and_travel_expenses
bank_charges debts_written_off
business_entertaining depreciation_and_loss_profit_on_sale
canteen other_business_expenses
charitable_donations other_finance_charges
computer_software_costs phone_and_other_office_costs
consumable_items rent_and_other_property_costs
credit_card_charges repair_and_renewal_costs
depreciation_of_tangible_fixed_assets wages_salaries_and_staff_costs
directors_pensions
directors_remuneration
employers_ni_directors
employers_ni_staff
finance_charges
foreign_exchange_transaction_charges
gain_from_disposal_of_tangible_fixed_assets
gain_on_foreign_currency_transactions
general_consultancy_fees
general_maintenance
hire_and_leasing_of_computer_equipment
hire_and_leasing_of_motor_vehicles
hire_and_leasing_of_other_assets
it_and_computer_consumables
insurance
insurance_on_premises
interest_payable
irrecoverable_vat
late_payment_of_tax
leases_and_hire_purchase_contracts
legal_fees
management_fees
other_legal_and_professional_fees
political_donations
postage_costs
premises_cleaning
premises_repairs_and_maintenance
premises_repairs_and_renewals
printing_costs
publication_and_other_information_subscriptions
rates_on_premises
rent_of_premises
research_and_development_costs
staff_benefits_in_kind
staff_entertaining
staff_pensions
staff_training
staff_welfare
stationery
subscriptions_to_professional_and_trade_bodies
sundry_expenses
telecommunication_costs
travel_and_subsistence
use_of_residence
vehicle_running_costs
wages_and_salaries


UK Partnership Universal and US Companies
advertising_etc advertising
bad_debts bad_debts_written_off
depreciation_and_loss car_and_truck_expenses
employee_costs commissions_and_fees
general_administrative_expenses contract_labor
interest depletion
legal_and_professional_costs depreciation
motor_expenses employee_benefit_programs
other_direct_costs expenses_for_business_use_of_home
other_expenses insurance
other_finance_charges mortgage_interest
premises_costs other_interest
repairs legal_and_professional_services
travel_and_subsistence meals_and_entertainment
office_expense
other_expenses
pension_and_profit_sharing_plans
other_business_property_rent
vehicle_machinery_and_equipment_rent
repairs_and_maintenance
supplies
taxes_and_licenses
travel
utilities
wages
Tax reporting names for current assets
All company types
debtors
money_in_transit
prepayments_and_accrued_income
Tax reporting names for liabilities
UK Limited Company All other company types
accruals_and_deferred_income accruals_and_deferred_income
creditors creditors
provisions_for_liabilities

List all categories

Returns the list of all categories for the current company in four sets: Admin Expenses, Cost of Sales, Income and General. The list of categories varies between companies as users can create custom categories.

GET https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories

Input

List all categories including sub accounts

Returns the list of all categories as above except it includes sub accounts in the list instead of the associated top level accounts where they exist. Sub accounts can be identified by inspecting the nominal code which will include a - sign and a sub code - for example 602-1.

GET https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories?sub_accounts=true

Response

Status: 200 OK

For clarity, only one category per set is shown below

{
  "admin_expenses_categories": [
    {
        "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/285",
        "description": "Accommodation and Meals",
        "nominal_code": "285",
        "allowable_for_tax": true,
        "tax_reporting_name": "Travel and subsistence expenses",
        "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
    },
  ],
  "cost_of_sales_categories": [
    {
        "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/102",
        "description": "Commission Paid",
        "nominal_code": "102",
        "allowable_for_tax": true,
        "tax_reporting_name": "Commissions Payable",
        "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
    }
  ],
  "income_categories": [
    {
        "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/001",
        "description": "Sales",
        "nominal_code": "001",
        "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
    }
  ],
  "general_categories": [
    {
        "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/051",
        "description": "Interest Received",
        "nominal_code": "051"
    }
  ]
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <admin-expenses-categories type="array">
    <admin-expenses-category>
      <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/285</url>
      <description>Accommodation and Meals</description>
      <nominal-code>285</nominal-code>
      <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
      <tax-reporting-name>Travel and subsistence expenses</tax-reporting-name>
      <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
    </admin-expenses-category>
  </admin-expenses-categories>
  <cost-of-sales-categories type="array">
    <cost-of-sales-category>
      <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/102</url>
      <description>Commission Paid</description>
      <nominal-code>102</nominal-code>
      <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
      <tax-reporting-name>Commissions Payable</tax-reporting-name>
      <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
    </cost-of-sales-category>
  </cost-of-sales-categories>
  <income-categories type="array">
    <income-category>
      <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/001</url>
      <description>Sales</description>
      <nominal-code>001</nominal-code>
      <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
    </income-category>
  </income-categories>
  <general-categories type="array">
    <general-category>
      <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/051</url>
      <description>Interest Received</description>
      <nominal-code>051</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
<freeagent>
Show as JSON

Get a single category

GET https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/:nominal_code

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "income_categories": {
      "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/001",
      "description": "Sales",
      "nominal_code": "001",
      "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <income-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/001</url>
    <description>Sales</description>
    <nominal-code>001</nominal-code>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </income-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON

Create a category

POST https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories

Payload should have a root category element, containing attributes allowed for the specific category type.

Create an income category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 001 to 049
  • category_group - must be equal to income

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Income Category",
    "nominal_code": "047",
    "category_group": "income"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Income Category</description>
  <nominal-code>047</nominal-code>
  <category-group>income</category-group>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "income_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/047",
    "description": "Custom Income Category",
    "group_description": "Income (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "047",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <income-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/047</url>
    <description>Custom Income Category</description>
    <group-description>Income (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>047</nominal-code>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </income-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Create a cost of sales category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 100 to 199
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above
  • allowable_for_tax
  • auto_sales_tax_rate - defaults to Standard rate if not specified
  • category_group - must be equal to cost_of_sales

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Cost of Sales Category",
    "nominal_code": "101",
    "tax_reporting_name": "purchases",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate",
    "category_group": "cost_of_sales"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Cost of Sales Category</description>
  <nominal-code>101</nominal-code>
  <tax_reporting_name>purchases</tax_reporting_name>
  <allowable-for-tax>true</allowable-for-tax>
  <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  <category-group>cost_of_sales</category-group>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "cost_of_sales_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/101",
    "description": "Custom Cost of Sales Category",
    "group_description": "Cost of sales (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "101",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "tax_reporting_name": "Purchases",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <cost-of-sales-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/101</url>
    <description>Custom Cost of Sales Category</description>
    <group-description>Cost of sales (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>101</nominal-code>
    <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
    <tax-reporting-name>Purchases</tax-reporting-name>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </cost-of-sales-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Create an admin expenses category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 200 to 399
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above
  • allowable_for_tax
  • auto_sales_tax_rate - defaults to Standard rate if not specified
  • category_group - must be equal to admin_expenses

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Admin Expenses Category",
    "nominal_code": "212",
    "tax_reporting_name": "computer_software_costs",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate",
    "category_group": "admin_expenses"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Admin Expenses Category</description>
  <nominal-code>212</nominal-code>
  <tax_reporting_name>computer_software_costs</tax_reporting_name>
  <allowable-for-tax>true</allowable-for-tax>
  <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  <category-group>admin_expenses</category-group>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "admin_expenses_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/213",
    "description": "Custom Admin Expenses Category",
    "group_description": "Admin expenses (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "213",
    "allowable_for_tax": "true",
    "tax_reporting_name": "Computer software costs",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <admin-expenses-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/213</url>
    <description>Custom Admin Expenses Category</description>
    <group-description>Admin expenses (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>213</nominal-code>
    <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
    <tax-reporting-name>Computer software costs</tax-reporting-name>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </admin-expenses-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Create a current asset category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 671 to 720
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above
  • category_group - must be equal to current_assets

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Assets Category",
    "nominal_code": "672",
    "category_group": "current_assets",
    "tax_reporting_name": "debtors"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Assets Category</description>
  <nominal-code>673</nominal-code>
  <tax-reporting-name>debtors</tax-reporting-name>
  <category-group>current_assets</category-group>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "general_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/672",
    "description": "Custom Assets Category",
    "nominal_code": "672"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <general-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/673</url>
    <description>Custom Assets Category</description>
    <nominal-code>673</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Create a liabilities category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 731 to 780
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above
  • category_group - must be equal to liabilities

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Liabilities Category",
    "nominal_code": "732",
    "tax_reporting_name": "creditors",
    "category_group": "liabilities"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Liabilities Category</description>
  <nominal-code>732</nominal-code>
  <tax_reporting_name>creditors</tax_reporting_name>
  <category-group>liabilities</category-group>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "general_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/732",
    "description": "Custom Liabilities Category",
    "nominal_code": "732"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <general-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/733</url>
    <description>Custom Liabilities Category</description>
    <nominal-code>732</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Create an equity category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 921 to 960
  • category_group - must be equal to equities


Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Equity Category",
    "nominal_code": "922",
    "category_group": "equities"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Equity Category</description>
  <nominal-code>922</nominal-code>
  <category-group>equities</category-group>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "general_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/923",
    "description": "Custom Equity Category",
    "nominal_code": "922"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <general-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/922</url>
    <description>Custom Equity Category</description>
    <nominal-code>922</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON

Update a category

PUT https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/:nominal_code

Only categories that do not contain any items can be updated. Payload should have a root category element, containing attributes allowed for the specific category type.

Update an income category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 001 to 049

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Income Category",
    "nominal_code": "047",
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Income Category</description>
  <nominal-code>047</nominal-code>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "income_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/047",
    "description": "Custom Income Category",
    "group_description": "Income (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "047",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <income-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/047</url>
    <description>Custom Income Category</description>
    <group-description>Income (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>047</nominal-code>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </income-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Update a cost of sales category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 100 to 199
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above
  • allowable_for_tax
  • auto_sales_tax_rate

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Cost of Sales Category",
    "nominal_code": "101",
    "tax_reporting_name": "purchases",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate",
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Cost of Sales Category</description>
  <nominal-code>101</nominal-code>
  <tax_reporting_name>purchases</tax_reporting_name>
  <allowable-for-tax>true</allowable-for-tax>
  <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "cost_of_sales_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/101",
    "description": "Custom Cost of Sales Category",
    "group_description": "Cost of sales (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "101",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "tax_reporting_name": "Purchases",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <cost-of-sales-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/101</url>
    <description>Custom Cost of Sales Category</description>
    <group-description>Cost of sales (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>101</nominal-code>
    <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
    <tax-reporting-name>Purchases</tax-reporting-name>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </cost-of-sales-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Update an admin expenses category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 200 to 399
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above
  • allowable_for_tax
  • auto_sales_tax_rate

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Admin Expenses Category",
    "nominal_code": "212",
    "tax_reporting_name": "computer_software_costs",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate",
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Admin Expenses Category</description>
  <nominal-code>212</nominal-code>
  <tax_reporting_name>computer_software_costs</tax_reporting_name>
  <allowable-for-tax>true</allowable-for-tax>
  <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "admin_expenses_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/213",
    "description": "Custom Admin Expenses Category",
    "group_description": "Admin expenses (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "213",
    "allowable_for_tax": "true",
    "tax_reporting_name": "Computer software costs",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <admin-expenses-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/213</url>
    <description>Custom Admin Expenses Category</description>
    <group-description>Admin expenses (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>213</nominal-code>
    <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
    <tax-reporting-name>Computer software costs</tax-reporting-name>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </admin-expenses-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Update a current asset category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 671 to 720
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Assets Category",
    "nominal_code": "672",
    "tax_reporting_name": "debtors"
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Assets Category</description>
  <nominal-code>673</nominal-code>
  <tax-reporting-name>debtors</tax-reporting-name>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "general_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/672",
    "description": "Custom Assets Category",
    "nominal_code": "672"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <general-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/673</url>
    <description>Custom Assets Category</description>
    <nominal-code>673</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
</freeagent>
Show as JSON


Update a liabilities category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 731 to 780
  • tax_reporting_name - see Valid tax reporting names above

Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Liabilities Category",
    "nominal_code": "732",
    "tax_reporting_name": "creditors",
  }
}
Show as XML
<category>
  <description>Custom Liabilities Category</description>
  <nominal-code>732</nominal-code>
  <tax_reporting_name>creditors</tax_reporting_name>
</category>
Show as JSON


Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "general_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/732",
    "description": "Custom Liabilities Category",
    "nominal_code": "732"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <general-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/733</url>
    <description>Custom Liabilities Category</description>
    <nominal-code>732</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
</freeagent>
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Update an equity category

Allowed attributes:

  • description
  • nominal_code - this can be any unique value from 921 to 960


Example request body

{
  "category": {
    "description": "Custom Equity Category",
    "nominal_code": "922",
  }
}
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<category>
  <description>Custom Equity Category</description>
  <nominal-code>922</nominal-code>
</category>
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Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "general_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/923",
    "description": "Custom Equity Category",
    "nominal_code": "922"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <general-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/922</url>
    <description>Custom Equity Category</description>
    <nominal-code>922</nominal-code>
  </general-categories>
</freeagent>
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Delete a category

Only user-created categories that do not contain any items can be deleted.

DELETE https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/:nominal_code

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "admin_expenses_categories": {
    "url": "https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/200",
    "description": "Custom Admin Expenses Category",
    "group_description": "Admin expenses (normally VATable)",
    "nominal_code": "200",
    "allowable_for_tax": true,
    "tax_reporting_name": "Accountancy fees",
    "auto_sales_tax_rate": "Standard rate"
  }
}
Show as XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<freeagent>
  <admin-expenses-categories>
    <url>https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/200</url>
    <description>Custom Admin Expenses Category</description>
    <group-description>Admin expenses (normally VATable)</group-description>
    <nominal-code>200</nominal-code>
    <allowable-for-tax type="boolean">true</allowable-for-tax>
    <tax-reporting-name>Accountancy fees</tax-reporting-name>
    <auto-sales-tax-rate>Standard rate</auto-sales-tax-rate>
  </admin-expenses-categories>
</freeagent>
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