---
title: "Begin Back work import from a clean intake file list"
method: POST
path: "/tally/programs/backwork-bookkeeping/{id}/begin"
tags: ["Tally"]
---

# Begin Back work import from a clean intake file list

`POST /tally/programs/backwork-bookkeeping/{id}/begin`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://ledgerhq.pro/api/v1`
- URL: `https://ledgerhq.pro/api/v1/tally/programs/backwork-bookkeeping/{id}/begin`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer and API key in header `x-organization-id`
  - HTTP bearer and API key in header `x-organization-id`

Requires firm owner/admin accounting authority. Confirms the firm is done adding CSV/XLSX/ZIP exports on a clean intake scan and prepares the account-setup pre-flight. Rejects when problem files remain, overlap questions are unanswered, or no recognized accounts exist. Idempotent once pre-flight already exists for the current evidence.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Prepared pre-flight analysis (or the existing analysis when already started)

## Other responses

- `409`: The Back work program has an import receipt or is terminal; ordinary recoding remains available.
- `default`: Error response

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/ledgerhq-pro/apis/ledgerhq-bookkeeping-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/ledgerhq-pro/apis/ledgerhq-bookkeeping-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/ledgerhq-pro/apis/ledgerhq-bookkeeping-api/revisions/9a8269f0a586?raw)