---
title: "POST /accounts"
method: POST
path: "/accounts"
tags: ["Account", "Chart of Accounts"]
---

# POST /accounts

`POST /accounts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.railz.ai`
- URL: `https://api.railz.ai/accounts`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Posts an individual account for a business.

## Request body

- PushChartOfAccountV1Dto
  - `connection` PushConnection, required
    - `businessName` string, required: Unique business name identifier.
    - `serviceName` 'freshbooks' | 'quickbooks' | 'quickbooksDesktop' | 'xero' | 'oracleNetsuite' | 'sageBusinessCloud' | 'sageIntacct' | 'dynamicsBusinessCentral' | 'dynamics365Finance' | 'wave' | 'shopify' | 'square' | 'plaid' | 'myob' | 'zohoBooks' | 'byod', required: Name of accounting platform service.
  - `data` PushChartOfAccountV1, required
    - `nominalCode` string
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string
    - `type` 'bank' | 'currentAsset' | 'fixedAsset' | 'inventory' | 'nonCurrentAsset' | 'accountReceivable' | 'equity' | 'expense' | 'otherExpense' | 'cogs' | 'accountPayable' | 'creditCard' | 'nonCurrentLiability' | 'currentLiability' | 'income' | 'incomeGeneral' | 'otherIncome' | 'unbilledReceivable' | 'deferredExpense' | 'deferredIncome', required
    - `currency` string
    - `taxRef` string
    - `classification` 'asset' | 'equity' | 'expense' | 'liability' | 'revenue' | 'nonPosting'
    - `subsidiaryRefs` string[]

## Response `200`

- PushChartOfAccountV1ResponseDto
  - `pushCommunicationId` string, required
  - `requestedOn` string, date-time, required
  - `status` 'success' | 'failed' | 'pending', required
  - `businessName` string, required
  - `serviceName` 'freshbooks' | 'quickbooks' | 'quickbooksDesktop' | 'xero' | 'oracleNetsuite' | 'sageBusinessCloud' | 'sageIntacct' | 'dynamicsBusinessCentral' | 'dynamics365Finance' | 'wave' | 'myob' | 'zohoBooks' | 'byod', required
  - `data` PushChartOfAccountV1, required
    - `nominalCode` string
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string
    - `type` 'bank' | 'currentAsset' | 'fixedAsset' | 'inventory' | 'nonCurrentAsset' | 'accountReceivable' | 'equity' | 'expense' | 'otherExpense' | 'cogs' | 'accountPayable' | 'creditCard' | 'nonCurrentLiability' | 'currentLiability' | 'income' | 'incomeGeneral' | 'otherIncome' | 'unbilledReceivable' | 'deferredExpense' | 'deferredIncome', required
    - `currency` string
    - `taxRef` string
    - `classification` 'asset' | 'equity' | 'expense' | 'liability' | 'revenue' | 'nonPosting'
    - `subsidiaryRefs` string[]

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request Error - Thrown if fields sent via query does not follow specifications
- `401`: Unauthorized - Not logged in or log in expired
- `403`: Forbidden - Not enough permission
- `500`: Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-03** `1383b9a47ac9`: 1 info
  - api tag `Account` added
- **2026-08-10** `5cdfae3fa1fa`: 1 breaking, 13 warning, 7 info
  - the `businessName` response's property format changed from `uuid` to no format for status `200`
  - added the new `byod` enum value to the `serviceName` response property for the response status `200`
  - added the new `dynamics365Finance` enum value to the `serviceName` response property for the response status `200`
  - added the new `dynamicsBusinessCentral` enum value to the `serviceName` response property for the response status `200`
  - …17 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/railz/apis/fis-accounting-data-as-a-service-api/changes/accounts/post.md)

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