Mark an invoice as uncollectible 

Billing
Invoices
Mark an invoice as uncollectible

Marking an invoice as uncollectible is useful for keeping track of bad debts that can be written off for accounting purposes.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns the invoice object.

POST /v1/invoices/:id/mark_uncollectible
curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/invoices/in_1MtG0nLkdIwHu7ixAaUw3Cb4/mark_uncollectible \
-u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"
Response
{
"id": "in_1MtG0nLkdIwHu7ixAaUw3Cb4",
"object": "invoice",
"account_country": "US",
"account_name": "Stripe Docs",
"account_tax_ids": null,
"amount_due": 599,
"amount_paid": 0,
"amount_remaining": 599,
"amount_shipping": 0,
"application": null,
"application_fee_amount": null,
"attempt_count": 0,
"attempted": false,
"auto_advance": false,
"automatic_tax": {
"enabled": false,
"liability": null,
"status": null
},
"billing_reason": "manual",
"charge": null,
"collection_method": "charge_automatically",
"created": 1680638365,
"currency": "usd",
"custom_fields": null,
"customer": "cus_NeZw0zvTyquTfF",
"customer_address": null,
"customer_email": "jennyrosen@example.com",
"customer_name": "Jenny Rosen",
"customer_phone": null,
"customer_shipping": null,
"customer_tax_exempt": "none",
"customer_tax_ids": [
{
"type": "eu_vat",
"value": "DE123456789"
},
{
"type": "eu_vat",
"value": "DE123456781"
}
],
"default_payment_method": null,
"default_source": null,
"default_tax_rates": [],
"description": null,
"discount": null,
"discounts": [],
"due_date": null,
"ending_balance": null,
"footer": null,
"from_invoice": null,
"hosted_invoice_url": null,
"invoice_pdf": null,
"issuer": {
"type": "self"
},
"last_finalization_error": null,
"latest_revision": null,
"lines": {
"object": "list",
"data": [
{
"id": "il_1MtG0nLkdIwHu7ix3eCoIIw7",
"object": "line_item",
"amount": 1099,
"amount_excluding_tax": 1099,
"currency": "usd",
"description": "My First Invoice Item (created for API docs)",
"discount_amounts": [],
"discountable": true,
"discounts": [],
"invoice_item": "ii_1MtG0nLkdIwHu7ixDqfiUgg8",
"livemode": false,
"metadata": {},
"period": {
"end": 1680638365,
"start": 1680638365
},
"price": {
"id": "price_1Mr89PLkdIwHu7ixf5QhiWm2",
"object": "price",
"active": true,
"billing_scheme": "per_unit",
"created": 1680131491,
"currency": "usd",
"custom_unit_amount": null,
"livemode": false,
"lookup_key": null,
"metadata": {},
"nickname": null,
"product": "prod_NcMtLgctyqlJDC",
"recurring": null,
"tax_behavior": "unspecified",
"tiers_mode": null,
"transform_quantity": null,
"type": "one_time",
"unit_amount": 1099,
"unit_amount_decimal": "1099"
},
"proration": false,
"proration_details": {
"credited_items": null
},
"quantity": 1,
"subscription": null,
"tax_amounts": [],
"tax_rates": [],
"type": "invoiceitem",
"unit_amount_excluding_tax": "1099"
}
],
"has_more": false,
"url": "/v1/invoices/in_1MtG0nLkdIwHu7ixAaUw3Cb4/lines"
},
"livemode": false,
"metadata": {},
"next_payment_attempt": null,
"number": null,
"on_behalf_of": null,
"paid": false,
"paid_out_of_band": false,
"payment_intent": null,
"payment_settings": {
"default_mandate": null,
"payment_method_options": null,
"payment_method_types": null
},
"period_end": 1680638365,
"period_start": 1680638365,
"post_payment_credit_notes_amount": 0,
"pre_payment_credit_notes_amount": 0,
"quote": null,
"receipt_number": null,
"rendering_options": null,
"shipping_cost": null,
"shipping_details": null,
"starting_balance": -500,
"statement_descriptor": null,
"status": "uncollectible",
"status_transitions": {
"finalized_at": null,
"marked_uncollectible_at": null,
"paid_at": null,
"voided_at": null
},
"subscription": null,
"subtotal": 1099,
"subtotal_excluding_tax": 1099,
"tax": null,
"test_clock": null,
"total": 1099,
"total_discount_amounts": [],
"total_excluding_tax": 1099,
"total_tax_amounts": [],
"transfer_data": null,
"webhooks_delivered_at": null,
"closed": true,
"forgiven": true
}