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Expenses

The Expenses object returns an aggregated list of expenses by category of spend.

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Living Expenses Classification Standard

Living Expenses are classified using Household Expense Classification (HEC) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Identify spend on utility bills, medical expenses, groceries and discretionary spend such as takeaways, gambling and clothing based on up to 13 months worth of data.

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Sandbox testing the Expenses endpoint (independently of Affordability)

You will need to create a user and create or refresh all connections before creating a new income resource. Use the Wentworth-Smith test credentials to create a connection for our test institution AU00000 before calling the Income endpoint. See our testing section for more information.

The Affordability API returns links to Income and Expenses resources - if you use the Affordability endpoint there is no need to create an Income or Expense resource

Expenses

type

Value of this resource is "expenses".

id

The identifier of the affordability resource to be retrieved.

fromMonth

First 'month' occurrence of expenses categorised going back as far as 13 months. e.g. "2017-09"

toMonth

Latest 'month' occurrence of expenses categorised e.g. "2018-10"

coverageDays

Number of days included in the report period.

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Living expenses are summarised at the both the broadest and most granular level of categorisation allowing you to roll up and roll down in your UI.

Payments Summary

division

Top level summary: category name.
e.g. Medical care and heath expenses, Food and non-alcoholic beverages, Education

avgMonthly

Average monthly amount by category for defined period (up to 13 months).

percentageTotal

Average monthly amount expressed as a percentage of total expenses.

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Average Monthly Expenses

This number monthly is calculated as follows: (Total Expenses/Report Coverage Days)*30.
This allows data with partial months to be calculated correctly.

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Living expenses are also summarised at the most granular level

Household Expenditure Classification (HEC) comes with four levels Division > Subdivisions > Groups > Classes

Payments Sub-Category

summary

Summary period "monthly".

category.expenseClass

Default is HEC classification: 4 levels class, group, subdivision and division. Two levels returned (broadest and most granular)

Custom categories can be mapped to two levels output as class for the most granular level and division for the broadest level. Ask us about custom category mapping.

  • classCode - classification code for HEC classification: e.g. class code = "0703030101" (or custom defined classCode)

  • classTitle - classification description for HEC classification: e.g. class title = "Non-electrical household appliances" (or custom defined classTitle)

  • divisionCode - classification description for HEC classification: e.g. division code = "07"

  • divisionTitle - classification description for HEC classification: 4 levels class, group, subdivision and division. e.g. class title = "Household furnishings and equipment "

changeHistory

Amount classified as spent that month (repeated each month of data):

  • date - month expense relates e.g. "2018-09"

  • amount - amount of expense that period

note: aggregated expenses are rounded (to the nearest dollar) for each individual expense and then returned as the sum of the rounded figures for each month .

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Rounding of aggregated expenses

Aggregated expenses are rounded (to the nearest dollar) for each individual expense and then returned as the sum of the rounded figures for each month .

{
  "summary": "monthly",
  "category": {
    "hec": {
      "class": {
        "code": "0704019999",
        "title": "Glassware, tableware, cutlery and household utensils nec"
      },
      "group": {
        "code": "070401",
        "title": "Glassware, tableware, cutlery and household utensils"
      },
      "subdivision": {
        "code": "0704",
        "title": "Glassware, tableware, cutlery and household utensils"
      },
      "division": {
        "code": "07",
        "title": "Household furnishings and equipment"
      }
    }
  },
  "changeHistory": [
    {
      "date": "2018-09",
      "amount": "-29.65"
    },
    {
      "date": "2018-10",
      "amount": "-25.52"
    }
  ]
}

Other

cashWithdrawals

Average monthly amount for cash-withdrawal for defined period:

  • avgMonthly - average amount monthly

  • summary - summary period "monthly"

  • changeHistory - each amount classified, repeated by month, ordered by most recent

    • date - month expense relates e.g. "2018-09"

    • amount - amount of classified that period

bankfees

Average monthly amount for bank-fee for defined period:

  • avgMonthly - average amount monthly

  • summary - summary period "monthly"

  • changeHistory - each amount classified, repeated by month, ordered by most recent

    • date - month expense relates e.g. "2018-09"

    • amount - amount of classified that period

externalTransfers

Average monthly amount for external-transfer for defined period:

  • avgMonthly - average amount monthly

  • summary - summary period "monthly"

  • changeHistory - each amount classified, repeated by month, ordered by most recent

    • date - month expense relates e.g. "2018-09"

    • amount - amount of classified that period

loanInterests

Average monthly amount debited for loan-interest for defined period:

  • avgMonthly - average amount monthly

  • summary - summary period "monthly"

  • changeHistory - each amount classified, repeated by month, ordered by most recent

    • date - month expense relates e.g. "2018-09"

    • amount - amount of classified that period

loanRepayments

[coming soon] Average monthly amount for loan-repayment for defined period:

  • avgMonthly - average amount monthly

  • summary - summary period "monthly"

  • changeHistory - each amount classified, repeated by month, ordered by most recent

    • date - month expense relates e.g. "2018-09"

    • amount - amount of classified that period

Links

links

A links object containing the following members:

  • self link to the requested expenses resource

  • accounts an array of accounts
    links

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You will need to create a user and create or refresh all connections before creating the expenses resource.

Returns

Returns a created expenses resource, if the operation succeeded. Returns an error if the post failed (e.g. not supplying required properties).

HTTP/1.11.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "type": "expenses",
  "id": "s55bf5",
  "fromMonth": "2017-12",
  "toMonth": "2018-12",
  "payments": [
    {
      "division": "Alcoholic beverages",
      "avgMonthly": "-850.00",
      "percentageTotal": 13.41,
      "subCategory": [
        {
          "summary": "monthly",
          "category": {
            "expenseClass": {
              "classCode": "0401000101",
              "classTitle": "Alcoholic beverages nfd for consumption off licensed premises",
              "divisionCode": "04",
              "divisionTitle": "Alcoholic beverages"
            }
          },
          "changeHistory": [
            {
              "date": "2019-07",
              "amount": "-2173.00"
            },
            {
              ...
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "division": "Food and non-alcoholic beverages",
      "avgMonthly": "-1933.00",
      "percentageTotal": 30.5,
      "subCategory": [
        {
          "summary": "monthly",
          "category": {
            "expenseClass": {
              "classCode": "0311010202",
              "classTitle": "Fast food and takeaway exc. coffee (not frozen)",
              "divisionCode": "03",
              "divisionTitle": "Food and non-alcoholic beverages"
            }
          },
          "changeHistory": [
            {
              "date": "2019-06",
              "amount": "-183.00"
            },
            {
              ...
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "summary": "monthly",
          "category": {
            "expenseClass": {
              "classCode": "0300000000",
              "classTitle": "Food and non-alcoholic beverages nfd",
              "divisionCode": "03",
              "divisionTitle": "Food and non-alcoholic beverages"
            }
          },
          "changeHistory": [
            {
              "date": "2019-06",
              "amount": "-682.00"
            },
            {
              ...
            },
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "division": "Transport",
      "avgMonthly": "-3553.00",
      "percentageTotal": 56.08,
      "subCategory": [
        {
          "summary": "monthly",
          "category": {
            "expenseClass": {
              "classCode": "1001030101",
              "classTitle": "Petrol",
              "divisionCode": "10",
              "divisionTitle": "Transport"
            }
          },
          "changeHistory": [
            {
              "date": "2019-06",
              "amount": "-2577.00"
            },
            {
              ...
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cashWithdrawals": {
    "avgMonthly": "-913.14",
    "summary": "monthly",
    "changeHistory": [
      {
        "date": "2018-06",
        "amount": "-240.00"
      },
      {
        ...
      }
    ]
  },
  "bankFees": {
    "avgMonthly": "-3273.69",
    "summary": "monthly",
    "changeHistory": [
      {
        "date": "2018-06",
        "amount": "-3550.25"
      },
      {
       ...
      }
    ]
  },
  "externalTransfers": {
    "avgMonthly": "-300.00",
    "summary": "monthly",
    "changeHistory": [
      {
        "date": "2018-06",
        "amount": "-1000.00"
      },
      {
        ...
      }
    ]
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://au-api.basiq.io/users/25c8d1ed77/expenses/s55bf5",
    "accounts": [
         "https://au-api.basiq.io/users/25c8d1ed77/accounts/20024b08",
         "https://au-api.basiq.io/users/25c8d1ed77/accounts/64880430",
         "https://au-api.basiq.io/users/25c8d1ed77/accounts/55bf3089",
         "https://au-api.basiq.io/users/25c8d1ed77/accounts/6jk43056"
     ]
  }
}