The cash-up
Restaurant day-close software that settles the drawer tonight
Count the drawer, type what is in it, and CountStand tells you whether it matches the cash the day says you should have.
- 1Expected cashOpening float, plus cash taken, less cash refunds and cash expenses
- 2Count the drawerType what is in it and press Record and close
- 3Matches, Short or OverThe screen answers in one line, with the amount when it does not match
- 4Z-reportThe day’s totals, the payment mix and the count, printed when the day closes
- Matchesor Short by, or Over by, the moment you record the count
- 5:00 amthe day rolls on its own; nobody opens it
- Oncea trading day closes, and stays closed
- Z-reportprinted at close, with its print status beside the count
01At a glance
What the close does.
- Expected cash, worked outOpening float, plus cash taken, less cash refunds and cash paid out as expenses: the figure the drawer should hold.
- Matches, Short or OverType the count and the screen answers in one line, with the amount when it does not match.
- The Z-reportThe day’s totals, the payment mix and the count, printed on the bill printer when the day closes.
- A 2:00 am cash-up closes tonightCounting after midnight closes the night you have worked, not a day that began at midnight.
- Open tables on recordBills still open at close are written into the close, so a table carried into the next day is accounted for.
- Owner or manager onlyA cashier does not get Close the day; the screen says that closing the day needs an owner or a manager.
02In detail
Why close the day the same night?
A shortfall can be explained while the shift that made it is still in the building. Counted the same night, a missing amount points at one evening, one drawer and the people who worked it. Found at month end, the same gap is a number in a spreadsheet that nobody can trace.
So the close is quick on purpose. Count the drawer, type the amount, press Record and close. CountStand has already worked out what the drawer should hold, and answers Matches, Short by ₹… or Over by ₹… before anyone goes home.
What goes into the expected cash?
The opening float and the cash taken across the trading day, less any cash refunded, less the cash paid out as expenses. UPI, card and QR payments appear in the payment mix but never in the drawer, so they cannot make a drawer look short.
Cash expenses matter more than they look. The vegetables paid for from the till at 11:00 am leave the drawer as surely as a refund does, so an expense recorded at the time comes off the expected cash, and the close does not read a paid supplier as a missing ₹400.
03Questions
Questions about the day close.
Settings, then Trading day, then Close the day. Count the drawer, type the amount, and press Record and close. The screen says Matches, Short by or Over by, and the Z-report prints.
An owner or a manager. A cashier does not get the button, and the screen says why.
The trading day rolls at 5:00 am, so a cash-up at 2:00 am closes the night you have worked. You never open the day; it opens on its own.
No. A trading day closes once, and a second attempt is refused with the date it was closed for.
In Settlements: the counted cash, the expected cash, the difference and the payment mix for each close.
04Read next
- Expenses and petty cashCash paid out of the drawer, which the close takes off the expected cash.
- Analytics and reportsPayment mix, discounts and voids for any range.
- PaymentsCash, UPI, card and QR at the till, where the day’s takings come from.
- Theft prevention guideWhere restaurant cash and stock go missing, and the checks that catch it.
End the night on a counted drawer
The cash-up and the Z-report are in every plan, from ₹2,999 a month.
From ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST