Close the register and count the cash
Count the drawer at the end of the day, close the session and read the report with sales, tax and any cash over or short.
At the end of the day or shift, count the cash in the drawer and close the register. Owlvix compares your count with what should be there, books the sales into your accounts and keeps a report of the session.
Steps
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Open Point of Sale and click Session report. It lists the sales, refunds, tax, discounts and how much was taken in cash and by card.
Open the session report -
Look at Cash drawer. Expected is the cash you started with plus the cash taken.
Cash expected -
Count the cash and enter it under Counted cash. Add a note if something is off.
Enter the counted cash -
Click Close register and confirm. The session is closed and its sales are booked.
Close the register -
Read the result. The report shows what you counted and the difference: Over, Short or none. A difference is booked as cash over or short.
Over or short
Tip Leave the float in the drawer and enter it again when you open the next session.
Good to know
- After closing, no more sales can be made until a new session is opened.
- Sessions lists every past session with its cash difference. See it in the books opens the journal entry.