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Posted by Allan Martin on September 9, 2007, 1:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Daniel.Peaper@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We are using Quickbooks (Trying to use!) to run our restaurant
>> business here in Australia. As I've never done this before can anyone
>> advise the best way to record day to day sales through the till. Do
>> you setup a generic customer called patrons and record takings daily/
>> weekly or monthly. Any tips would be greatfully received.
>
> A basic general ledger system can take note of "books of original entry."
> In ye olden shopkeeper days, sales were tallied in a journal. At the end
> of a period (day, week, month), the totals from the journal were copied
> into the ledger.
>
> The main purpose of this technique was to avoid cluttering the ledger with
> minutia.
>
> Same principle here. You may take a Z-tape reading from your cash register
> and enter the applicable totals into QB as (QB) journal entries. [That's
> one way to do it]
>
> I STRONGLY recommend you take a Bookkeeping 101 course at your local
> adult-learning center.
I agree 100%. Since being in the restaurant business only involves working
15 hour days 7 days a week you should have plenty of time to go to school to
take a bookkeeping course. Or maybe engage your accountant for a few hours
to help you set up the records.
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