Closing the day: from the till to the books

End of day is not the moment service stops; it is the moment the numbers close. Closing on paper and in Excel produces both errors and delay. The report out of the POS should be the single source of truth.

What belongs in a closing report

• Gross revenue and the split by payment type (cash, card, other)
• Void, comp and discount totals — on their own lines
• A per-waiter or per-shift sales summary, where that matters
• A warning about bills left open; they must be cleared before closing

Reconciling the drawer against the system

The cash in the drawer is compared with the cash takings in the system. Any difference is noted; a difference that repeats the next day points at a process problem rather than a mistake. Card takings are checked separately against the bank.

Handing it to bookkeeping

ari-adisyon posts the day’s sales into the bookkeeping module, and stock movements are written to the ledger the same day through recipe deduction. You do not have to sit down in the evening to assemble the file for your accountant. e-Fatura and e-Arşiv obligations are separate statutory modules; the sales summary is part of daily operation.

For the first few weeks it is sensible to run the old method in parallel: you compare the two reports and drop the paper once you trust it. Most venues stop needing it by the second shift.