Cash register
Shifts with their float, movements that only ever get added, safe drops, a count with tolerance, and shift reports.
What it solves
Cash is the only thing in a hotel that can vanish leaving no digital trace. The till leaves one: a shift has an owner, a float, its movements and a close where someone counts and signs.
You notice it in things like these
- Money is missing and nobody knows from which shift or which day.
- An expense is paid out of the till and is not recorded anywhere.
How it works
One shift per person and per till
Each shift opens with its float. If the hotel has no till set up, a "Front desk" one is created so it can start without configuring anything first.
Movements are only ever added
Cash in, expenses and refunds — the last two require a reason. Nothing is edited or deleted: a mistake is corrected with a reversal and its reason, exactly once. Safe drops lower the expected amount.
Booking payments come in on their own
What gets recorded on a booking as cash, terminal or transfer goes into the open shift of whoever took it, exactly once. It cannot be reversed from the till: it is corrected on the booking, where it happened.
Count with tolerance and a second signature
The expected amount is float plus cash in minus cash out minus drops, in cash; card and transfer are shown separately because they are not in the drawer. If the difference exceeds that till's tolerance, the shift is left "awaiting approval" and someone else approves it: admin or management.
Shift reports
The list of closed shifts with what was counted and the difference. It is the document reviewed the next morning.
Where it lives in the panel
- Cash register
Not in the sidebar yet: it opens under Financial control → Cash register (`/financial-control/cashier`), with shift reports at `/financial-control/cashier/cuts`. It joins the sidebar when that block is reordered.
What it needs first
The hotel's people set up with their role: a shift has an owner and the difference is approved by someone else.
Carry on here
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