AccountId Property

An account for this item.

Syntax

char* GetAccountId();

int SetAccountId(char* lpszAccountId);

Default Value

""

Remarks

An account for this item. The interpretation of this property depends on the type of item. For items that are sold to customers, it should refer to an income account. For items that are purchased from vendors, it should refer to an expense account. For items are both purchased and sold, it should refer to the income account, and the appropriate purchase accounts may be specified with PurchaseExpenseAccount, PurchaseCOGSAccount, and PurchaseAssetAccount.

For payment items, this is the account to which funds are deposited. For discount items, this might typically refer to an associated income account.

Id/Name Reference Properties

This property is used to reference an object that is already done within QuickBooks. This may be done with its Id (this property) or its full Name, for which a corresponding property is defined.

Using the Id is recommended when feasible, as the Id is guaranteed to never change once defined.

Setting the value of this property will set the corresponding Name property to an empty string.

Data Type

String