A ledger_account_settlement is an object that creates a ledger transaction to safely offset the posted balance of a ledger account.

Related Guides: Ledger Account Settlements Overview

Attribute	Description
id string	Unique identifier for the ledger account settlement.
description string	An optional free-form description for internal use.
status string	One of `drafting`, `processing`, `pending`, `posted`, `archiving` or `archived`.
settlement_entry_direction string	The direction of the ledger entry with the settled_ledger_account.
settled_ledger_account_id string	The Ledger Account that we will query the Entries against, and its balance is reduced as a result. The settled ledger account and the contra ledger account must belong to the same ledger. For example, let’s say we’re a ride-sharing app. To pay out a specific driver, the `settled_ledger_account_id` would reference a payable account belonging to a driver, and the `contra_ledger_accout_id` would be your corporate cash account.
contra_ledger_account_id string	The Ledger Account that sends to or receives funds from the settled ledger account. The settled ledger account and the contra ledger account must belong to the same ledger. For example, let’s say we’re a ride-sharing app. To pay out a specific driver, the `settled_ledger_account_id` would reference a payable account belonging to a driver, and the `contra_ledger_accout_id` would be your corporate cash account.
effective_at_upper_bound datetime	The exclusive upper bound of the effective time of entries included in the ledger account settlement.
ledger_transaction_id string	The ID of the Settlement Ledger Transaction.
amount int	Value in specified currency’s smallest unit. Can be any integer up to 10³⁶. The amount is null when the Settlement is in `processing` status.
currency string	The currency of the ledger account settlement.
currency_exponent int32	The currency exponent of the ledger account settlement.
metadata object	Additional data represented as key-value pairs. Both the key and value must be strings. See Metadata.
live_mode boolean	This field will be true if this object was created with a production API key or false if created with a test API key.
created_at datetime	The datetime that the ledger account settlement was created.
updated_at datetime	The datetime of the last update to the ledger account settlement.

{
    "id": "dbdbbfe5-da56-4aaf-be36-3fbc415622dd",
    "object": "ledger_account_settlement",
    "live_mode": true,
    "description": "Alice's January settlement",
    "settled_ledger_account_id": "d44ad0d0-b3ea-4698-867d-09fe961e52a6",
    "contra_ledger_account_id": "3824af4d-4151-48f6-8e8b-bf859cbddbcd",
    "effective_at_upper_bound": "2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "status": "pending",
    "amount": 1000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "ledger_transaction_id": "b47ce462-806b-4d5d-9476-9add11a42529",
    "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
    },
    "created_at": "2023-01-11T20:35:36Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-01-11T20:36:02Z"
}