---
title: "POST /v1/billingAccounts"
method: POST
path: "/v1/billingAccounts"
tags: ["billingAccounts"]
---

# POST /v1/billingAccounts

`POST /v1/billingAccounts`

This method creates [billing subaccounts](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/concepts#subaccounts). Google Cloud resellers should use the Channel Services APIs, [accounts.customers.create](https://cloud.google.com/channel/docs/reference/rest/v1/accounts.customers/create) and [accounts.customers.entitlements.create](https://cloud.google.com/channel/docs/reference/rest/v1/accounts.customers.entitlements/create). When creating a subaccount, the current authenticated user must have the `billing.accounts.update` IAM permission on the parent account, which is typically given to billing account [administrators](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/billing-access). This method will return an error if the parent account has not been provisioned for subaccounts.

## Query parameters

- `parent` string

## Request body

- BillingAccount — A billing account in the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/). You can assign a billing account to one or more projects.
  - `open` boolean — Output only. True if the billing account is open, and will therefore be charged for any usage on associated projects. False if the billing account is closed, and therefore projects associated with it are unable to use paid services.
  - `masterBillingAccount` string — If this account is a [subaccount](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/concepts), then this will be the resource name of the parent billing account that it is being resold through. Otherwise this will be empty.
  - `name` string — Output only. The resource name of the billing account. The resource name has the form `billingAccounts/{billing_account_id}`. For example, `billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF` would be the resource name for billing account `012345-567890-ABCDEF`.
  - `displayName` string — The display name given to the billing account, such as `My Billing Account`. This name is displayed in the Google Cloud Console.
  - `currencyCode` string — Optional. The currency in which the billing account is billed and charged, represented as an ISO 4217 code such as `USD`. Billing account currency is determined at the time of billing account creation and cannot be updated subsequently, so this field should not be set on update requests. In addition, a subaccount always matches the currency of its parent billing account, so this field should not be set on subaccount creation requests. Clients can read this field to determine the currency of an existing billing account.
  - `parent` string — Output only. The billing account's parent resource identifier. Use the `MoveBillingAccount` method to update the account's parent resource if it is a organization. Format: - `organizations/{organization_id}`, for example, `organizations/12345678` - `billingAccounts/{billing_account_id}`, for example, `billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF`

## Response `200`

Successful response

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/cloudbilling.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/cloudbilling/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/google/cloudbilling/revisions/1e646ed5d288/schema)