---
title: "Skip the next invoice in a series"
method: POST
path: "/v2/invoices/series/{seriesId}/skip"
---

# Skip the next invoice in a series

`POST /v2/invoices/series/{seriesId}/skip`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.slash.com`
- URL: `https://api.slash.com/v2/invoices/series/{seriesId}/skip`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Void an `active` series' scheduled invoice and schedule the one after it. The series ends if no invoice is left. See [Skip or cancel](/docs/v2/invoices/recurring-invoices#skip-or-cancel).

## Response `200`

The series.

- InvoiceSeries: Issues the same invoice to a customer on a schedule. Each invoice is created `scheduled` ahead of its send date, is sent at 9:00 in the series' `timezone`, and then behaves like any other invoice. All amounts are in USD.
  - `id` string, required: Series id with the `inv_series_` prefix.
  - `status` 'active' | 'ended' | 'cancelled', required: See [How a series works](/docs/v2/invoices/recurring-invoices#how-a-series-works).
  - `customerId` string: Customer id with the `le_cus_` prefix.
  - `accountId` string, required: The account payments settle into, with the `sa_group_` prefix.
  - `virtualAccountId` string: The virtual account payments settle into, with the `subaccount_` prefix. Absent when they settle into the account's primary virtual account.
  - `recurrence` union, required: Which days the series issues an invoice on.
    - object
      - `type` 'weekly', required
      - `dayOfWeek` integer, required: `0` is Sunday.
    - object
      - `type` 'monthly_day_of_month', required
      - `dayOfMonth` integer, required: In shorter months, the last day of the month.
    - object
      - `type` 'monthly_nth_weekday', required
      - `nth` union, required: Which occurrence of `dayOfWeek` in the month.
        - integer
        - 'last'
      - `dayOfWeek` integer, required: `0` is Sunday.
  - `startDate` string, date, required: The first day the series can issue an invoice on.
  - `timezone` string, required: The IANA timezone the series' dates are in.
  - `paymentTermsDays` integer, required: Each invoice is due this many days after it's issued.
  - `end` union, required: When the series stops issuing invoices.
    - object
      - `type` 'never', required
    - object
      - `type` 'after_count', required
      - `count` integer, required: How many invoices the series issues in all.
    - object
      - `type` 'on_date', required
      - `date` string, date, required: No invoices are issued after this day.
  - `lineItems` InvoiceLineItem[], required
    - `name` string, required
    - `quantity` number, required
    - `unitAmount` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
      - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `total` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
      - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `catalogItemId` string: The catalog item the line was added from, with the `cat_item_` prefix. The line keeps the name and price it was written with.
  - `discount` union: Taken off the line items' subtotal before tax.
    - object
      - `type` 'percentage', required
      - `percent` number, required: Percent of the subtotal. `10` means 10%.
    - object
      - `type` 'fixed', required
      - `amount` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
        - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
        - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
  - `taxRate` number: Tax as a percent of the subtotal after the discount.
  - `amounts` object, required: Each invoice's amounts.
    - `subtotal` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
      - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `discount` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
      - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `tax` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
      - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
    - `total` Money, required: A signed monetary amount expressed in minor units.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in the currency's minor units.
      - `currency` string, required: Uppercase ISO 4217 currency code.
  - `memo` string
  - `ccEmails` string[], required
  - `paymentMethods` InvoicePaymentMethod[], required
    - `type` 'bank_transfer' | 'ach_debit' | 'card' | 'crypto', required: `bank_transfer` (ACH, wire or realtime payment to the account's details) is always offered.
    - `passFeeToPayer` boolean, required: Whether the payer covers the method's processing fee.
  - `nextInvoiceDate` string, date: When the next invoice goes out. Only on `active` series.
  - `nextInvoiceId` string: The next invoice, already created as `scheduled`, with the `inv_` prefix. Only on `active` series.
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: - `invalid_request (request shape)` — The body, query, or headers failed validation, or a required header is missing. `details` has one entry per failing location, keyed by JSON pointer or header name.
- `401`: - `unauthorized` — API key authentication is missing or invalid.
- `403`: - `feature_not_enabled` — The feature this request uses is not enabled for the legal entity. Contact Slash support to enable it. - `forbidden` — The credential is not permitted to perform this action on the resource. When the resource is a field of the request, `details` names that `field` and the `id` it received. - `forbidden (legal entity)` — The credential is not permitted to act for the selected legal entity. - `not_available` — Public API v2 is not yet available. Use [Public API v1](https://docs.slash.com/introduction) in the meantime. - `user_api_key_required` — The API key is scoped to a legal entity rather than a user. Every v2 request needs a user API key, created under Settings → API keys in the Slash dashboard, together with the `x-legal-entity` header.
- `404`: - `not_found` — No resource matches the identifier. When the identifier is a field of the request, `details` names that `field` and the `id` it received.
- `409`: - `invoice_series_not_active` — Ended and cancelled series issue no more invoices. Create a new series to keep billing the customer. See [How a series works](/docs/v2/invoices/recurring-invoices#how-a-series-works).
- `429`: The request exceeded the applicable rate limit. The response body is plain text, not the error object; clients must not depend on its wording.
- `500`: - `internal` — Slash could not complete the request. Quote `referenceId` when contacting Slash support.

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `8b5d371ffeea`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/slashfi/apis/slash-public-api/changes/v2/invoices/series/:seriesId/skip/post.md)

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