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# Create an invoice adjustment

POST https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments
Content-Type: application/json

Creates an invoice adjustment — such as a bonus, commission, VAT percentage, or deduction — against a contract. Pass the `recurring` query parameter to apply the adjustment automatically to future invoices.

 **Token scopes**: `invoice-adjustments:write`, `worker:write`

Reference: https://developer.deel.com/api/embedded/ic-endpoints/invoice-adjustments/create-invoice-adjustment

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — ## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

## Servers

- `https://api.letsdeel.com/rest` (Production, default)
- `https://api-staging.letsdeel.com/rest` (Demo)

## Request

### Query parameters

- `recurring` (string, optional) — Add this invoice adjustment as recurring

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `data` (InvoiceAdjustmentsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, required) — Payload attributes required to create one invoice adjustment with optional approval, preset, and grouping metadata.

## Response

### 201

Successful operation.

- `data` (InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, required) — Container object with identifiers, status, and creation metadata for the newly created invoice adjustment.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request - The request payload failed validation or violated a business rule for invoice adjustments.

- `errors` (list of InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Validation or business rule errors describing why the invoice adjustment could not be created.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Operation failed.

- `request` (ApiErrorRequest, optional)
- `errors` (list of ApiError, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Operation failed.

- `request` (ApiErrorRequest, optional)
- `errors` (list of ApiError, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

Operation failed.

- `request` (ApiErrorRequest, optional)
- `errors` (list of ApiError, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error - The invoice adjustment could not be created due to an unexpected upstream or internal failure.

- `errors` (list of InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems, required) — Generic upstream or internal errors emitted when the invoice adjustment cannot be processed.

## Types

### InvoiceAdjustmentsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

Payload attributes required to create one invoice adjustment with optional approval, preset, and grouping metadata.

- `type` (enum, required) — Invoice adjustment category that determines business rules and downstream invoicing behavior.
  - Allowed values: `bonus`, `commission`, `deduction`, `expense`, `other`, `overtime`, `time_off`, `vat`
- `amount` (double, required) — Monetary amount to apply for this invoice adjustment, expressed in the contract currency as a positive number.
- `contract_id` (string, required) — Unique Deel contract identifier (public id) that receives this invoice adjustment line item.
- `description` (string, required) — Detailed human-readable explanation that appears on invoices and audit records visible to both parties.
- `date_submitted` (string, required) — Submission date in ISO-8601 short-date format (YYYY-MM-DD) used for filtering, reporting, and approvals.
- `group_key` (string, optional, nullable) — When provided, invoice adjustments sharing the same group_key within the same payment cycle are merged into a single aggregated line item on the invoice. Requires is_auto_approved to be true.
- `paymentCycleId` (string, optional, nullable) — Public id (UUID) of the active payment cycle required when creating VAT-related invoice adjustment entries against a specific cycle.
- `is_auto_approved` (boolean, optional) — When true, the created invoice adjustment skips manual approval and is approved immediately on creation.
- `hourly_report_preset_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Identifier of an existing hourly report preset used to link standardized rate and scale metadata to this entry.

### InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

Container object with identifiers, status, and creation metadata for the newly created invoice adjustment.

- `created` (boolean, required) — Indicates whether the invoice adjustment record was successfully created by this request.
- `id` (InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataId, optional) — Unique identifier returned for the created invoice adjustment resource after persistence succeeds.
- `status` (enum, optional, nullable) — Current processing status assigned to the invoice adjustment after the create workflow finishes executing.
  - Allowed values: `approved`, `declined`, `not_payable`, `paid`, `pending`, `processing`
- `created_at` (string, optional, nullable) — ISO-8601 timestamp recording the exact moment the invoice adjustment was created in the system.

### InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaErrorsItems

- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message describing the unexpected condition that prevented completing the request.
- `code` (string, optional) — Stable machine-readable error code identifying the upstream or internal failure category.

### ApiErrorRequest

- `method` (string, optional) — The HTTP method of the failed request
- `url` (string, optional) — The relative URL of the failed request
- `status` (double, optional) — The status code of the response
- `api_req_id` (string, optional) — The request ID of the failed request
- `docs` (string, optional) — A link to the official documentation for the requested endpoint resource
- `source` (string, optional) — The source handler which produced the returned error
- `code` (double, optional) — The code of the source handler which produced the returned error

### ApiError

- `message` (string, optional) — A description of the returned error
- `path` (string, optional) — The JSON path where input validation failed

### InvoiceAdjustmentsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataId

Unique identifier returned for the created invoice adjustment resource after persistence succeeds.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "type": "bonus",
    "amount": 1500,
    "contract_id": "37nex2x",
    "description": "Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.",
    "date_submitted": "2026-06-29",
    "group_key": "bonus-batch-2026-q2",
    "paymentCycleId": "11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff",
    "is_auto_approved": true,
    "hourly_report_preset_id": "aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "created": true,
    "id": "abcdef01-2345-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
    "status": "approved",
    "created_at": "2026-06-29T14:22:08.512Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments"

querystring = {"recurring":"true"}

payload = { "data": {
        "type": "bonus",
        "amount": 1500,
        "contract_id": "37nex2x",
        "description": "Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.",
        "date_submitted": "2026-06-29",
        "group_key": "bonus-batch-2026-q2",
        "paymentCycleId": "11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff",
        "is_auto_approved": True,
        "hourly_report_preset_id": "aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899"
    } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"data":{"type":"bonus","amount":1500,"contract_id":"37nex2x","description":"Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.","date_submitted":"2026-06-29","group_key":"bonus-batch-2026-q2","paymentCycleId":"11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff","is_auto_approved":true,"hourly_report_preset_id":"aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"type\": \"bonus\",\n    \"amount\": 1500,\n    \"contract_id\": \"37nex2x\",\n    \"description\": \"Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.\",\n    \"date_submitted\": \"2026-06-29\",\n    \"group_key\": \"bonus-batch-2026-q2\",\n    \"paymentCycleId\": \"11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff\",\n    \"is_auto_approved\": true,\n    \"hourly_report_preset_id\": \"aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"type\": \"bonus\",\n    \"amount\": 1500,\n    \"contract_id\": \"37nex2x\",\n    \"description\": \"Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.\",\n    \"date_submitted\": \"2026-06-29\",\n    \"group_key\": \"bonus-batch-2026-q2\",\n    \"paymentCycleId\": \"11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff\",\n    \"is_auto_approved\": true,\n    \"hourly_report_preset_id\": \"aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"type\": \"bonus\",\n    \"amount\": 1500,\n    \"contract_id\": \"37nex2x\",\n    \"description\": \"Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.\",\n    \"date_submitted\": \"2026-06-29\",\n    \"group_key\": \"bonus-batch-2026-q2\",\n    \"paymentCycleId\": \"11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff\",\n    \"is_auto_approved\": true,\n    \"hourly_report_preset_id\": \"aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true', [
  'body' => '{
  "data": {
    "type": "bonus",
    "amount": 1500,
    "contract_id": "37nex2x",
    "description": "Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.",
    "date_submitted": "2026-06-29",
    "group_key": "bonus-batch-2026-q2",
    "paymentCycleId": "11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff",
    "is_auto_approved": true,
    "hourly_report_preset_id": "aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"type\": \"bonus\",\n    \"amount\": 1500,\n    \"contract_id\": \"37nex2x\",\n    \"description\": \"Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.\",\n    \"date_submitted\": \"2026-06-29\",\n    \"group_key\": \"bonus-batch-2026-q2\",\n    \"paymentCycleId\": \"11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff\",\n    \"is_auto_approved\": true,\n    \"hourly_report_preset_id\": \"aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["data": [
    "type": "bonus",
    "amount": 1500,
    "contract_id": "37nex2x",
    "description": "Q2 2026 performance bonus for exceeding sprint delivery targets.",
    "date_submitted": "2026-06-29",
    "group_key": "bonus-batch-2026-q2",
    "paymentCycleId": "11223344-5566-4778-8899-aabbccddeeff",
    "is_auto_approved": true,
    "hourly_report_preset_id": "aabbccdd-eeff-0011-2233-445566778899"
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/invoice-adjustments?recurring=true")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```