Line Items

Line Items constitute the second part of the double entry after transactions establish the first part. A transaction can have multiple line items each with a different account, vat and amount.

Attributes

• entity_id: The Id of the Entity object associated with the line item. Defaults to the entity of the logged in user.
• vat_id: The Id of the Vat object associated with the line item.
• transaction_id: The Id of the Transaction object associated with the line item. Defaults to null.
• account_id: The Id of the account associated with the line item.
• vat_account_id: If the rate of the Vat object is greater than 0, this is the id of the account to which the vat charge will be posted. Defaults to null.
• description: A short discription of the purpose of the line item.
• quantity: A multiple to be applied to the amount of the line item.
• amount: The line item amount.

Relations

• $lineItem->ledgers: Ledger objects associated with the line item.
• $lineItem->transaction: The Transaction associated with the line item.
• $lineItem->account: The Account associated with the line item.
• $lineItem->vat: The Vat object associated with the line item.
• $lineItem->vatAccount: The Account object for posting vat charges associated with the line item.

Methods

• $lineItem->attributes(): Presents the line item’s attributes as an object. Useful for debugging.

Constraints

• NegativeAmount: Line item amounts cannot be negative.
• MissingVatAccount: Line items with Vat objects whose rate is greater than 0 must have a vat account.