# compliance.kickoff.run

Start tax preparation for a kickoff item now: marks it in progress, prepares the exact corporate or GST/HST workpaper period, adds follow-up checklist items and emails administrators a link that opens that workpaper. Records a compliance.kickoff run with prepare and notify steps. Requires itemId and idempotencyKey.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/compliance.kickoff.run`

Permissions: `accounting:read`, `accounting:write` · Roles: admin, finance · Idempotency key required

MCP tool: `accounting_compliance_kickoff_run`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `itemId` | string (ID) | Yes | The ID of the related record. |
| `idempotencyKey` | string | Yes | Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match. 8–200 characters. |

## Example request

```bash
curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/compliance.kickoff.run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "itemId": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d"
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/compliance.kickoff.run