What does bookkeeping integration do for a restaurant? From the till to the books
Most owners don't want to deal with bookkeeping. But until till sales, supplier invoices and expenses are gathered in one place, the answer to "did we make a profit this month?" waits for month end — or for the accountant.
Bookkeeping integration removes the need to copy till sales into the books by hand. This post explains what moves across automatically, what you enter yourself and what your accountant sees.
Bookkeeping vs. statutory accounting
Day-to-day bookkeeping is the business's running money record: cash, bank, receivables and payables, income and expenses. Statutory books, tax returns and payroll are your accountant's job. ari adisyon's bookkeeping deliberately keeps to that line: it holds everything needed to run the business day to day and hands over to your accountant at month end. Its VAT summary is for planning, not a tax return.
One flow from sale to accountant.
What moves automatically, and what you enter
Automatic
- Daily sales: One daily summary (Z) line per business day.
- Stock deduction: For items with recipes, ingredients come off stock with the payment.
- Recurring costs: Rent, electricity and subscriptions are defined once and posted every month by themselves.
What you enter
- Purchase invoices: Enter the supplier invoice; when you record its payment, the supplier balance updates itself.
- Other income and expenses: With a category and VAT rate.
- Cash count: For end-of-day reconciliation.
Cash, bank and accounts
Each branch's cash drawer and bank accounts are kept separately, because a drawer is a physical thing. Supplier and customer accounts are business-wide: a chain owes its supplier whichever branch signed for the delivery. Who you owe and who owes you is on one screen, with account statements.
Reports
The reports an owner actually opens.
Reports run on the branch's business day: a bill closed after midnight lands on the right day, and a monthly report doesn't lose the last night of the month.
Corrections, not deletions
Bookkeeping entries aren't deleted. A wrong entry is corrected with a reversing entry and both remain visible. When you reverse a supplier payment made by mistake, the money returns to the account and the invoice goes back to unpaid. Keeping records this way is exactly the trail your accountant wants.
Copying by hand vs. integration.
What does your accountant see?
At month end you export the period's records. The file is a CSV that opens directly in Turkish Excel (semicolon-separated). Your accountant imports the daily summaries, invoices and income and expense lines into their own software; you don't have to sit down in the evening and keep books.
How to get started
- Set up your cash and bank accounts.
- Enter your suppliers as accounts.
- Define recurring costs (rent, electricity, subscriptions) once.
- Enter incoming invoices regularly.
- At the end of the first month, go through the export with your accountant.
Frequently asked questions
Which plan includes bookkeeping?
Bookkeeping is in the Standard and Enterprise plans. Current plan contents are on the pricing page.
Does it handle payroll and social security?
No. Payroll, social security filings and statutory books are your accountant's job and deliberately outside its scope. Shift and leave tracking for staff sits in the separate HR module.
Conclusion
Bookkeeping integration doesn't turn an owner into an accountant; it removes the manual copying from till to books. The daily picture is ready every day and the month-end file is one click. See closing the day for the close, and the features page for bookkeeping features.