---
title: "Download a client's Lacerte GL Bridge file (.IB5)"
method: GET
path: "/internal/api/tax-export/{client_id}/lacerte/bridge-file"
tags: ["Tax Export"]
---

# Download a client's Lacerte GL Bridge file (.IB5)

`GET /internal/api/tax-export/{client_id}/lacerte/bridge-file`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.signalshq.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.signalshq.io/internal/api/tax-export/{client_id}/lacerte/bridge-file`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Password
  - Token URL: `/auth/login`

Build the client's .IB5 and stream it. The client's CPA drops the file into Lacerte via
the SignalsHQ importer; Lacerte reads it on its next startup.

## Path parameters

- `client_id` string, uuid, required: Client id

## Query parameters

- `tax_year` integer

## Response `200`

The .IB5 bridge file as a file download (application/xml).

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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