The cash drawer tracks the physical cash in your till — the opening float, cash in and out, and the closing count.
When you'd use this
- Opening the till at the start of a shift.
- Counting and closing it at the end.
Opening and closing
- Open Finance → Cash Drawer and press Open Cash Drawer with the starting float.
- During the day, record Cash In / Cash Out as needed.
- The summary shows Opening, Cash In, Cash Out, Expected Closing.
- Press Close Drawer, enter the actual count, and it shows Balanced, Over by or Short by.
Cross-checking against system cash
When a drawer is open, a System-recorded cash panel shows the cash the rest of the system already logged for that day:
- POS cash sales — counter sales taken in cash (refunds are netted off).
- Cash booking payments — booking payments recorded as cash.
- Cash expenses paid out — expenses you marked as Paid via → Cash, shown as a deduction.
- Net recorded (In − Out) — cash in minus cash out, with your own Logged in drawer (In − Out) shown beneath for comparison.
Use it as a sanity check that the cash you've taken (and paid out) is reflected in the drawer. The two figures won't always match — your drawer also holds the opening float and any other cash you log by hand — so treat it as a guide, not a pass/fail.