---
title: "Generate profit and loss · Reports · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Generates a profit and loss (income statement) for a date range. POST /partners/reports/pnl"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/reports/generate-profit-and-loss"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/reports/generate-profit-and-loss"
---
[Reports](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/reports) / Generate profit and loss

# Generate profit and loss

POST `/partners/reports/pnl`

Generates a profit and loss (income statement) for a date range.

Filters are query parameters only. Required: startDate and endDate (YYYY-MM-DD).

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=POST&path=%2Fpartners%2Freports%2Fpnl)

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#### Query parameters

`startDate` date required

Report period start.

`endDate` date required

Report period end.

`currency` string optional

Report currency. Defaults to workspace currency.

`transactionStatus` enum optional

Filter transactions by review/reconciliation state.

One of: `all`, `reviewed`, `unreviewed`, `reconciled`, `unreconciled`

`categoryAccountUuids` string optional

Comma-separated income/expense account UUIDs to filter categories.

`customerUuids` string optional

Comma-separated customer UUIDs.

`projectUuids` string optional

Comma-separated project UUIDs.

`isPnLByTag` string optional

Set to true for a column-per-tag breakdown.

`reportYear` enum optional

Year basis for the report.

One of: `financial`, `calendar`

#### Responses

`200` Profit and loss report generated.

`400` Missing startDate/endDate or invalid filters.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

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POST `https://api.getcount.com/partners/reports/pnl`

Request

```javascript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'POST';
const signingPath = '/reports/pnl';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const bodyString = '';

const bodyHash = '';
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/reports/pnl`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 200

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Success on generating P&L report",
  "data": {
    "report": {
      "startDate": "2026-01-01",
      "endDate": "2026-03-31",
      "currency": "USD",
      "netProfit": 12000,
      "rows": [
        {
          "accountUuid": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-0123-defa-234567890123",
          "accountName": "Consulting Revenue",
          "accountType": "Income",
          "amount": 45000
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```