# Reporting corrections Submit a report with corrections if you find errors in, or have adjustments to, a successfully submitted transaction. ## Overview If you successfully submit a report to the [`Send External Purchase Report`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/Send-External-Purchase-Report) endpoint that you later find to be incorrect, you must correct your submission. To send a correction, fill out the [`ExternalPurchaseReport`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/ExternalPurchaseReport) request body with a new [`requestIdentifier`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/requestIdentifier) and the corrections, and call the [`Send External Purchase Report`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/Send-External-Purchase-Report) endpoint. Send corrected reports promptly. There are two types of corrections: - A correction to transaction data in a line item. In this type of correction, you restate the entire line item with corrected data. Apple uses only the most recent submission for the line item. - A retraction of a line item you previously sent. In this type of correction, you indicate that you erroneously sent the line item, and aren’t including the erroneously-submitted amounts in transaction calculations. Be sure to update the [`netAmountTaxExclusive`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/netAmountTaxExclusive) field so it represents the correct net amount, tax exclusive, of the transaction. > Important: The ``doc://org.swift.docc.ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/netAmountTaxExclusive`` must represent the correct net amount (excluding taxes) for the transaction, including in line items that are corrections. ### Correct data in a line item To submit a line item with corrections, use the line item’s original [`lineItemId`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/lineItemId) and include the [`restatement`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/restatement) flag set to `true`. Make corrections to any type of line item: [`OneTimeBuyLineItem`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/OneTimeBuyLineItem), [`SubscriptionBuyLineItem`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/SubscriptionBuyLineItem), and [`RefundLineItem`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/RefundLineItem). > Important: Restated line items overwrite the originally reported line item. Include all the data in the line item — even fields that are the same as the previous version. Apple uses only the most recent version of the line item. ### Retract an erroneously submitted line item If you submitted a line item in error and want Apple to ignore it, use the same [`lineItemId`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/lineItemId) as in the original submission. Set both the [`restatement`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/restatement) and [`erroneouslySubmitted`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/erroneouslySubmitted) fields to `true`. (You may undo this action by submitting the line item again, with [`restatement`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/restatement) set to `true`, and [`erroneouslySubmitted`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/erroneouslySubmitted) set to false.) Be sure to include all of the original line item data fields, and recalculate the [`netAmountTaxExclusive`](/documentation/ExternalPurchaseServerAPI/netAmountTaxExclusive) field to correctly represent the net amount with the erroneously submitted line item accounted for. Successfully submitting a line item with the `erroneouslySubmitted` flag is an effective “undo” of the original line item. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)