Objects such as Ledger Accounts and Ledger Account Categories have Ledger Balances objects. Balances are returned in the balances hash object, where the keys denote the balance type. See the sample Balance Object JSON below.

Types of Balances

Balance Type	Key	Description
Pending	`pending_balance`	The sum of all pending AND posted entry amounts.
Posted	`posted_balance`	The sum of all posted entry amounts.
Available	`available_balance`	The sum of all posted inbound entries and pending outbound entries, where direction is determined by the normality of the object holding the balance. See below for more details.

Pending Balance

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Pending balances include both posted and pending amounts.
Note that pending balances include both pending and posted amounts. To calculate the total of only pending transactions, you subtract the posted balance from the pending balance.

Balance Key	`pending_balance`

Attribute	Description
credits int	Summed amounts of all posted and pending ledger entries with `credit` direction.
debits int	Summed amounts of all posted and pending ledger entries with `debit` direction.
amount int	Credit Normal:* `pending_balance["credits"] - pending_balance["debits"]` Debit Normal:* `pending_balance["debits"] - pending_balance["credits"]`
currency string	The currency of this ledger object.
currency_exponent int	The currency exponent of this ledger object.

Posted Balance

Balance Key	`posted_balance`

Attribute	Description
credits int	Sum amounts of all posted ledger entries with `credit` direction.
debits int	Sum amounts of all posted ledger entries with `debit` direction.
amount int	Credit Normal:* `posted_balance["credits"] - posted_balance["debits"]` Debit Normal:* `posted_balance["debits"] - posted_balance["credits"]`
currency string	The currency of this ledger object.
currency_exponent int	The currency exponent of this ledger object.

Available Balance

Balance Key	`available_balance`

Attribute	Description
credits int	`posted_balance["credits"]`
debits int	`pending_balance["debits"]`
amount int	Credit Normal:* `posted_balance["credits"] - pending_balance["debits"]` Debit Normal:* `posted_balance["debits"] - pending_balance["credits"]`
currency string	The currency of this ledger object.
currency_exponent int	The currency exponent of this ledger object.

Sample Balance Object

{
  "balances": {
    "pending_balance": {
      "credits": 25000,
      "debits": 10000,
      "amount": 15000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "currency_exponent": 2
    },
    "posted_balance": {
      "credits": 20000,
      "debits": 0,
      "amount": 20000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "currency_exponent": 2
    },
    "available_balance": {
      "credits": 20000,
      "debits": 10000,
      "amount": 10000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "currency_exponent": 2
    }
  }
}