You can enter a single sales receipt to report the total daily sales in QuickBooks if you use a separate Point of Sale system. Or if you simply don't invoice customers. This saves you time, while still keeping your income reports accurate.
Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get you started.
Step 1: Create a customer for daily sales
You'll only use this customer account on your "end of day" sales receipt.
From the left menu, select Sales, then Customers.
Select New customer.
Enter "Daily Sales."
Select Save.
Step 2: Set up accounts for daily sales
Make sure your Daily Sales accounts are set upright. Doing so can help you a lot with accurate income reporting.
To set up daily sales accounts:
Select the Gear icon on the Toolbar.
Under Your Company, choose Chart of Accounts.
Select New at the top right.
Set up these accounts:
Name
Category Type
Detail Type
Description
Daily Sales Income
Income
Other Primary Income/Sales of Product Income
For tracking daily sales
Clearing Account
Bank
Cash on hand
Zero balance account for daily sales
Overage/Underage Expense
Expense
Other Business Expenses
For drawer shortages
Step 3: Set up items for daily sales
Set up a "Daily Sales" category to keep your items organised:
Select the Gear icon on the Toolbar.
Under Lists, choose All Lists.
Select Product Categories.
Select New Category at the top right.
Name the new category "Daily Sales."
Select Save.
After setting up the Category, next are the items:
Select the Gear icon on the Toolbar.
Under Lists, choose Products and Services.
Select New at the top right.
Set up these items. Note: Make sure to select Daily Sales as Category for each item.
Name
Account
Description (will appear on forms)
Daily Sales Income
Daily Sales Income
Daily Sales Income
Overage/underage
Overage/Underage Expense
Overage/Underage
Cheque
Cheque
Cheque
Visa/MasterCard
Undeposited Funds
Visa/MasterCard
American Express
Undeposited Funds
American Express
Cash
Undeposited Funds
Cash
Discover
Undeposited Funds
Discover
Step 4: Create a daily sales template
You'll use this template every time you need to record total daily sales.
Select the Gear icon on the Toolbar.
Under List, choose Recurring Transactions.
Select New at the top right.
From the Transaction Type drop-down, choose Sales Receipt.
Name your template "Daily Sales" and make sure the Type is Unscheduled.
Select Daily Sales as the Customer.
Select these items:
Daily Sales: Daily Sales Income
Daily Sales: Cash
Daily Sales: Cheque
Daily Sales: Visa/Mastercard
Daily Sales: American Express
Daily Sales: Overage/Underage
Daily Sales: Discover
Select Save.
Remember
Mark the "Daily Sales Income" item taxable if you collect sales tax.
Make sure your sales tax rate is correct.
Step 5: Record your total daily sales
Done setting up your sales receipt template? You're now ready to record your "end of day" sales.
Select the Gear icon on the Toolbar.
Under Lists, choose Recurring Transactions.
Find your template, then select Use from the Action drop-down.
To better illustrate how your sales receipt should look like, check out a sample breakdown of total daily sales below.
If you let the PMS deal with generating the Invoices, you can then use The Percentage Company APP to transfer the daily Revenues/Taxes and Payments to QBO. https://www.thepercentageapp.co/
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