Payment Terms

The payment_term object

A payment term describing when payment is due (e.g. Net 30), assignable to customers, sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices.

idstring

Payment term ID.

objectstringenumValues:payment_term

Resource type identifier.

namestring

Display name (e.g. Net 30), unique among the payment terms visible to your account.

statusstringenumValues:activeinactive

Whether this payment term is still in active use.

Payment terms created through the API are always active, and no endpoint changes a term's status. List Payment Terms returns inactive terms alongside active ones, so filter them out yourself if you only want the ones still on offer.

ownerownernullable

Provenance of this payment term.

System-owned payment terms are platform-provided defaults shared across all accounts and cannot be updated or deleted; account-owned payment terms are custom to your account.

objectstringenumValues:owner

Resource type identifier.

typestringenumValues:systemaccount

Where this resource came from.

system: a platform-provided default shared across all accounts; not editable.
account: created and owned by a specific account; the account field identifies which.

accountaccountnullable

The account that owns this resource.

Present only when type is account; system-owned resources have no owning account.

idstring

Account ID.

objectstringenumValues:account

Resource type identifier.

namestring

The account's display name.

default_billing_addressaddressnullable

The address billed by default on orders for this account.

Always returned as null in this endpoint.

default_shipping_addressaddressnullable

The address shipped to by default on orders for this account.

Always returned as null in this endpoint.

brandingaccount_brandingnullable

Customer-facing branding for the account, such as the logo, support contacts, and social links.

Always returned as null in this endpoint.

portalaccount_portalnullable

The account's customer portal settings, including the portal URL slug.

Always returned as null in this endpoint.

created_atstring (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

updated_atstring (date-time)

Last updated timestamp.

created_atstring (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

updated_atstring (date-time)

Last-updated timestamp.

Used by

POSTCreate Payment TermPayment Terms PATCHUpdate Payment TermPayment Terms GETList Payment TermsPayment Terms GETRetrieve Payment TermPayment Terms DELETEDelete Payment TermPayment Terms POSTCreate CustomerCustomers PATCHUpdate CustomerCustomers GETList CustomersCustomers GETRetrieve CustomerCustomers POSTMerge CustomersCustomers POSTCreate Sales OrderSales Orders PATCHUpdate Sales OrderSales Orders GETList Sales OrdersSales Orders GETRetrieve Sales OrderSales Orders PUTClose Sales OrderSales Orders PUTIssue Sales OrderSales Orders PUTReopen Sales OrderSales Orders PUTUnissue Sales OrderSales Orders

payment_term example

{
  "id": "pytm_skssmsy21lem",
  "object": "payment_term",
  "name": "Net 30",
  "status": "active",
  "owner": {
    "object": "owner",
    "type": "system",
    "account": null
  },
  "created_at": "2026-05-10T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-10T00:23:00Z"
}

{
  "id": "pytm_skssmsy21lem",
  "object": "payment_term",
  "name": "Net 30",
  "status": "active",
  "owner": {
    "object": "owner",
    "type": "system",
    "account": null
  },
  "created_at": "2026-05-10T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-10T00:23:00Z"
}

Payment Terms

Attributes

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