Every shift ends on a count, not a guess
A cashier opens the register with a counted float and closes it by counting the drawer. Axon Suite works out what should be there, fixes the difference, and waits for a manager before the cash moves in the books.
- Opening float
- 500.00
- Cash sales this shift
- 3,240.00
- Expected in the drawer
- 3,740.00
- Counted by the cashier
- 3,725.00
Held · Short by 15.00: the shift waits for a manager’s approval
How a shift runs
Open
A cashier assigned to the register opens one shift on an enrolled till and counts in the opening float. A register holds one open shift at a time.
Sell
Every cash sale on the shift adds to what the drawer should hold.
Close on the count
The cashier who opened the shift enters the counted cash. Expected cash, counted cash and the difference are fixed there.
Approve
A manager approves the closed shift, and the drawer’s cash and any over or short go to Finance as a draft journal.
Details that matter
Float from the main drawer or kept
Your POS settings decide whether the float goes back to the main drawer at each close or stays in the register for the next shift.
A kept float is checked
When the float stays in the register, the next opening count is compared with what was left, and any gap goes to cash over and short.
A manager can close for the cashier
If the cashier has gone, a user with approval rights on shifts closes the shift on their own count.
Questions buyers ask
Can a cashier close someone else’s shift at the till?
No. At the till only the cashier who opened the shift can close it. A manager with approval rights can close it from the office.
Where does the cash difference go?
To the cash over and short account set in your POS settings, once a manager approves the shift.
What happens to carts still on hold at the close?
They are cleared with the close, so the next shift starts with an empty held list.