Accounting Periods — Proposed Guide

Accounting Periods: An accounting period defines the date interval and closing state used for recognition and reporting. An expense incurred date can…

Overview

An accounting period defines the date interval and closing state used for recognition and reporting. An expense incurred date can differ from its posting period.

Key concepts

Use period identifiers, start and end dates, and a documented closed state. Keep entity-specific calendars separate.

Implementation considerations

Closed-period corrections require approved adjustment handling. Do not reopen a period or change historical recognition from a general metadata update.

Proposed API behavior

GET /v1/accounting/periods is an illustrative design for this topic. Path and field names may change before implementation. Access would require an authorized organization context and operation-specific permission; no public API or authorization grant is available here.

Static example requests

# Proposed request text only; this reserved host is not a live API.
curl -X GET 'https://api.remizen.example/v1/accounting/periods?start_date=2026-01-15&end_date=2026-01-31&status=draft' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Fictional response example

{
  "data": [
    {
      "accounting_period_id": "accounting_period_example_123",
      "id": "accounting_example_123",
      "organization_id": "org_example_123"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "has_more": false,
    "next_cursor": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_example_123",
    "reference_only": true
  }
}

Illustrative error case

Review this failure case in context: Closed-period corrections require approved adjustment handling. Do not reopen a period or change historical recognition from a general metadata update.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "message": "The proposed accounting periods operation requires review of its input or authorization.",
    "request_id": "req_example_123"
  }
}

Proposed data types

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