---
title: "Retrieves a reimbursement"
method: GET
path: "/reimbursements/{reimbursement_id}"
tags: ["Reimbursements"]
---

# Retrieves a reimbursement

`GET /reimbursements/{reimbursement_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rillet.com`
- URL: `https://api.rillet.com/reimbursements/{reimbursement_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/rillet/apis/rillet-accounting-api/docs/reimbursements/:reimbursement_id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns the full reimbursement packet with employee linkage, funding instructions, and approval history for a single id.
Helpful when validating totals before releasing ACH batches or answering employee support tickets.

## Path parameters

- `reimbursement_id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- Reimbursement
  - `vendor_id` string, uuid, required
  - `items` object[], required
    - `description` string
    - `account_code` string, required: The account code found in the Chart of Accounts
    - `amount` RoundedMonetaryAmount, required: A monetary amount that must be rounded to the currency's default decimal places (e.g., 2 decimal places for USD).
      - `amount` string, required: Monetary amount in decimal format, using a period (.) as the decimal separator. Must be rounded to the currency's default decimal places (e.g. '1.01' in USD represents 1 dollar and 1 cent).
      - `currency` string, required: Currency code following ISO-4217
    - `tax_rate` ExpenseTaxRate
      - `percentage` string, number, required
      - `tax_amount` RoundedMonetaryAmount, required: A monetary amount that must be rounded to the currency's default decimal places (e.g., 2 decimal places for USD).
        - `amount` string, required: Monetary amount in decimal format, using a period (.) as the decimal separator. Must be rounded to the currency's default decimal places (e.g. '1.01' in USD represents 1 dollar and 1 cent).
        - `currency` string, required: Currency code following ISO-4217
      - `country` string, required: Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).
      - `type` 'VAT' | 'SALES_TAX', required
      - `description` string, required
      - `tax_code` string: Code of a predefined tax rate. When provided, the rate's percentage, country, and description are used instead of the inline values.
      - `coverage` 'INCLUSIVE' | 'EXCLUSIVE', required
    - `service_period` CalendarPeriod
      - `start` string, date, required
      - `end` string, date, required
    - `fields` object[]
      - `field_id` string, uuid, required
      - `field_value_id` string, uuid, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `reimbursement_date` string, date
  - `impact_date` string, date
  - `subsidiary_id` string, uuid
  - `external_references` ExternalReference[]
    - `type` string, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `url` string, uri
  - `exchange_rate` ExchangeRate
    - `base` string, required: Currency code following ISO-4217
    - `target` string, required: Currency code following ISO-4217
    - `rate` string, required
    - `date` string, date, required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `status` 'DRAFT' | 'UNPAID' | 'PAID' | 'PARTIALLY_PAID', required
  - `pending_approval_request` PendingApprovalRequest
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `workflow_id` string, uuid, required
    - `operation` 'CREATE' | 'UPDATE' | 'DELETE', required
    - `status` 'PENDING', required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: Timestamp when the reimbursement was last modified

## Other responses

- `default`: Error

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `c393d0102005`: 2 breaking, 1 warning, 1 info
  - the `allOf[#/components/schemas/ReimbursementRequest]/items/items/tax_rate/allOf[#/components/schemas/TaxRate]/allOf[#/components/schemas/TaxRateWithOptionalAmount]/percentage` response's property type changed from `number` to `string`, and format from no format to `number` for status `200`
  - the `allOf[subschema #2]/items/items/allOf[#/components/schemas/ReimbursementItemRequest]/tax_rate/allOf[#/components/schemas/TaxRate]/allOf[#/components/schemas/TaxRateWithOptionalAmount]/percentage` response's property type changed from `number` to `string`, and format from no format to `number` for status `200`
  - added the new `DRAFT` enum value to the `allOf[subschema #2]/status` response property for the response status `200`
  - added the optional property `allOf[subschema #2]/pending_approval_request` to the response with the `200` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/rillet/apis/rillet-accounting-api/changes/reimbursements/:reimbursement_id/get.md)

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