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Ledger Entry Codes

Code	Name	type	Description
1000	Invoice	credit	once an invoice reaches the "complete" status, the corresponding amount is credited to the merchant account in the selected settlement currency
1004	Fee Refund	credit
1006	Exchange	debit & credit	This entry indicates that BitPay transferred your balance from one ledger currency (recorded as a debit) to another ledger currency (recorded as a credit). This typically happens if a merchant needs to change settlement currency and exchange the pending balance from one currency to another
1007	Exchange Fee	debit
1008	Plan Charge	debit	For merchants on a legacy SaaS plan, this entry is used to debit the merchant account with the monthly fee
1009	Plan Prorated Credit	credit	For merchants on a legacy SaaS plan, this entry is used to adjust the amount charged.
1010	Plan Underutilization Credit	credit	For merchants on a legacy SaaS plan, this entry is used to adjust the amount debited (account not used)
1011	Payoff Negative Balance	debit & credit	This entry does not have any additional fields. It corresponds to an automatic transfer made by BitPay from one ledger currency to another. Typically to cover refund or payouts. For instance, if you execute a refund request where EUR is the base currency but your active ledger (linked to the settlement currency) is in USD, you will see such "Payoff Negative Balance" entry appear on both ledger (a debit on the USD ledger and a credit)
1012	Donation	credit
1016	Custom	debit & credit	Code used by BitPay for general purpose custom entries. It may be used to correct an invalid entry on your ledger
1017	Account Settlement	debit	This entry is written to debit the merchant balance for a given account settlement
1020	Invoice Refund	debit	This entry is written once a refund request made on an invoice is executed. The merchant balance is debited with the refund amount requested.
1022	Corrective for Failed Account Settlement	credit	Indicates a previous settlement failed (for instance invalid settlement info). In such a scenario, BitPay credits the amount back to the merchant account using this ledger code.
1023	Invoice Fee	debit	Once an invoice reaches the "complete" status, the corresponding fee is credited using this ledger code
1024	Bitcoin Deposit	credit
1025	Fiat Deposit for Payout	credit	When a merchant makes a bank transfer to BitPay in order to fund the consumer payout/withdrawal activity, the deposited amount is credited to the merchant account using this ledger code
1026	Donation Fee	debit
1027	Custom Fee	debit
1030	Affiliate Commission	credit	For merchants who onboarded business under their referral link, the commissions are credited to the account using this ledger code
1031	Manual Affiliate Commission	credit
1032	Merchant Card Deposit	debit
1033	Custom Plan Charge	debit
1034	Funding Payout	debit	This entry is written once BitPay sets a payout to the status funded. This means that part of the merchant balance has been allocated to execute a payout.
1035	Manually Funding Payout	debit
1036	Custom Fee Reimbursement	credit
1037	Custom Plan Charge Reimbursement	credit
1038	Testnet Bitcoin Settlement	debit	Testnet BTC/BCH settlements (test.bitpay.com) are recorded using this ledger code
1039	Refund Fee	debit	This entry will be immediately written next to the "Invoice Refund". The refund fee is the actual cost of broadcasting the refund transaction on the selected blockchain
1040	Payout Fee	debit	This entry is written once BitPay sets a payout to the status funded. This is the fee charged for each payout executed
1041	Wire Fee	debit
1048	Fiat Deposit for Refund	credit	When a merchant makes a bank transfer to BitPay in order to cover pending refund requests.
1050	Immediate Invoice Refund	debit	This entry is written once an immediate refund request made on an invoice is created. The merchant balance is debited with the refund amount requested.