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The Balance Transaction object ​

Attributes ​

  • id (string) Unique identifier for the object.

  • object (string) String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value.

  • amount (integer) Gross amount of this transaction (in the smallest currency unit). A positive value represents funds charged to another party, and a negative value represents funds sent to another party.

  • available_on (timestamp) The date that the transaction’s net funds become available in the Stripe balance.

  • balance_type (enum) The balance that this transaction impacts. Possible enum values:

    • issuing Balance Transactions that affect your Issuing balance

    • payments Balance Transactions that affect your Payments balance

    • refund_and_dispute_prefunding Balance Transactions that affect your Refund and Dispute Prefunding balance

    • risk_reserved Balance Transactions that affect your Risk Reserved balance

  • created (timestamp) Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

  • currency (enum) Three-letter ISO currency code, in lowercase. Must be a supported currency.

  • description (string, nullable) An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

  • exchange_rate (float, nullable) If applicable, this transaction uses an exchange rate. If money converts from currency A to currency B, then the amount in currency A, multipled by the exchange_rate, equals the amount in currency B. For example, if you charge a customer 10.00 EUR, the PaymentIntent’s amount is 1000 and currency is eur. If this converts to 12.34 USD in your Stripe account, the BalanceTransaction’s amount is 1234, its currency is usd, and the exchange_rate is 1.234.

  • fee (integer) Fees (in the smallest currency unit) paid for this transaction. Represented as a positive integer when assessed.

  • fee_details (array of objects) Detailed breakdown of fees (in the smallest currency unit) paid for this transaction.

    • fee_details.amount (integer) Amount of the fee, in cents.

    • fee_details.application (string, nullable) ID of the Connect application that earned the fee.

    • fee_details.currency (enum) Three-letter ISO currency code, in lowercase. Must be a supported currency.

    • fee_details.description (string, nullable) An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

    • fee_details.type (string) Type of the fee, one of: application_fee, payment_method_passthrough_fee, stripe_fee, tax, or withheld_tax.

  • net (integer) Net impact to a Stripe balance (in the smallest currency unit). A positive value represents incrementing a Stripe balance, and a negative value decrementing a Stripe balance. You can calculate the net impact of a transaction on a balance by amount - fee

  • reporting_category (string) Learn more about how reporting categories can help you understand balance transactions from an accounting perspective.

  • source (string, nullable, expandable (can be expanded into an object with the expand request parameter)) This transaction relates to the Stripe object.

  • status (string) The transaction’s net funds status in the Stripe balance, which are either available or pending.

  • type (enum) Transaction type: adjustment, advance, advance_funding, anticipation_repayment, application_fee, application_fee_refund, charge, climate_order_purchase, climate_order_refund, connect_collection_transfer, contribution, inbound_transfer, inbound_transfer_reversal, issuing_authorization_hold, issuing_authorization_release, issuing_dispute, issuing_transaction, obligation_outbound, obligation_reversal_inbound, payment, payment_failure_refund, payment_network_reserve_hold, payment_network_reserve_release, payment_refund, payment_reversal, payment_unreconciled, payout, payout_cancel, payout_failure, payout_minimum_balance_hold, payout_minimum_balance_release, refund, refund_failure, reserve_transaction, reserved_funds, reserve_hold, reserve_release, stripe_fee, stripe_fx_fee, stripe_balance_payment_debit, stripe_balance_payment_debit_reversal, tax_fee, topup, topup_reversal, transfer, transfer_cancel, transfer_failure, transfer_refund, or fee_credit_funding. Learn more about balance transaction types and what they represent. To classify transactions for accounting purposes, consider reporting_category instead. Possible enum values:

    • adjustment
    • advance
    • advance_funding
    • anticipation_repayment
    • application_fee
    • application_fee_refund
    • charge
    • climate_order_purchase
    • climate_order_refund
    • connect_collection_transfer
    • contribution
    • fee_credit_funding
    • inbound_transfer
    • inbound_transfer_reversal
    • issuing_authorization_hold
    • issuing_authorization_release
    • issuing_dispute
    • issuing_transaction
    • obligation_outbound
    • obligation_reversal_inbound
    • payment
    • payment_failure_refund
    • payment_network_reserve_hold
    • payment_network_reserve_release
    • payment_refund
    • payment_reversal
    • payment_unreconciled
    • payout
    • payout_cancel
    • payout_failure
    • payout_minimum_balance_hold
    • payout_minimum_balance_release
    • refund
    • refund_failure
    • reserve_hold
    • reserve_release
    • reserve_transaction
    • reserved_funds
    • stripe_balance_payment_debit
    • stripe_balance_payment_debit_reversal
    • stripe_fee
    • stripe_fx_fee
    • tax_fee
    • topup
    • topup_reversal
    • transfer
    • transfer_cancel
    • transfer_failure
    • transfer_refund

The Balance Transaction object ​

json
{
  "id": "txn_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixxapQrznl",
  "object": "balance_transaction",
  "amount": -400,
  "available_on": 1678043844,
  "created": 1678043844,
  "currency": "usd",
  "description": null,
  "exchange_rate": null,
  "fee": 0,
  "fee_details": [],
  "net": -400,
  "reporting_category": "transfer",
  "source": "tr_1MiN3gLkdIwHu7ixNCZvFdgA",
  "status": "available",
  "type": "transfer"
}

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