---
title: "Get enhanced profit and loss accounts"
method: GET
path: "/companies/{companyId}/reports/enhancedProfitAndLoss/accounts"
tags: ["Reports"]
---

# Get enhanced profit and loss accounts

`GET /companies/{companyId}/reports/enhancedProfitAndLoss/accounts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.codat.io`
- URL: `https://api.codat.io/companies/{companyId}/reports/enhancedProfitAndLoss/accounts`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

The Enhanced Profit and Loss Accounts endpoint returns a list of categorized accounts that appear on a company’s Profit and Loss. It also includes a balance per the financial statement date.

Codat suggests a category for each account automatically, but you can [change it](/docs/assess-categorizing-accounts-ecommerce-lending) to a more suitable one.

## Query parameters

- `reportDate` string, required
- `numberOfPeriods` integer

## Response `200`

OK

- EnhancedReport
  - `reportInfo` EnhancedReportInfo (unresolved $ref)
  - `reportItems` object[]: An array of report items.
    - `date` Date (unresolved $ref)
    - `balance` number: Balance of the account as reported on the profit and loss or Balance sheet.
    - `accountName` string: Name of the account.
    - `accountId` string: The unique account ID.
    - `accountCategory` EnhancedReportAccountCategory (unresolved $ref)

## Other responses

- `400`: The request made is not valid.
- `401`: Your API request was not properly authorized.
- `402`: An account limit has been exceeded. The type of limit is described in the error property: - You have exceeded the 50-company limit that applies to a Free plan. Delete any companies you no longer need and retry the request. - The requested sync schedule is not allowed. You requested an hourly sync schedule but this functionality is not included in the Free plan. - Your Free account is older than 365 days and has expired. Contact support@codat.io.
- `403`: You are using an outdated API key or a key not associated with that resource.
- `404`: One or more of the resources you referenced could not be found. This might be because your company or data connection id is wrong, or was already deleted.
- `429`: Too many requests were made in a given amount of time. Wait a short period and then try again.
- `500`: There is a problem with our server. Please try again later.
- `503`: The Codat API is temporarily offline for maintenance. Please try again later.

## Changes

- **2024-02-13** `0167fa08722e`: 8 info
  - added the optional property `validation` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `validation` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `validation` to the response with the `402` status
  - added the optional property `validation` to the response with the `403` status
  - …4 more
- **2023-10-23** `7ca7ffc3edf1`: 6 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `402`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - …2 more
- **2023-06-15** `4dd02dc82102`: 1 info
  - the `query` request parameter `numberOfPeriods` became optional
- **2023-05-26** `cfc805a96751`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/codatio/apis/assess-api/changes/companies/:companyId/reports/enhancedProfitAndLoss/accounts/get.md)

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