End-of-Day Close: Reconcile Every Dollar Before You Lock Up

A clean close turns yesterday's sales into tomorrow's opening bank. The shops that never argue about shortages all do the same thing: count on a schedule, reconcile every tender type separately, and lock the day before anyone goes home.

Count cash while the day is still fresh

• Count the drawer before the rush forgets it, not after everyone is tired and rounding in their heads.
• Record the counted total against the expected total per tender so overages and shortages show up by payment type, not as one mystery number.
• Keep the opening bank fixed and separate so tomorrow starts from the same float and today's variance stays visible.

Reconcile cards and batches the same night

• Settle the card batch before close so authorized payments become captured funds and nothing sits uncaptured overnight.
• Match the batch total to the register's card-tender total and chase any gap the same night while receipts and staff memories are fresh.
• Confirm gift card and store-credit redemptions posted to the right liabilities so tomorrow's balances start correct.

Lock the day and hand off cleanly

1. Run the end-of-day sales summary and confirm cash, card, gift, and comp totals each tie to their own expected figures.
2. Attach notes to every variance — a voided check, a mis-keyed tender, a comped dessert — so the morning manager reads facts instead of guessing.
3. Close and lock the business day in the register so late edits land on tomorrow, keeping every day's numbers honest.

Use Swagger UI or OpenAPI for the current tender-summary, batch-settlement, and end-of-day report shapes.