Track
Doing the books
For whoever reconciles. What the day took, how a cash or bank-transfer booking gets marked off, the two ways money goes back, and what leaves for the accountant.
7 lessons
In order
- 1Reporting: settling the day, the fees, and who is overdueDay View splits a day's takings by how each payment arrived, so the drawer and the screen agree. Matching a month to the bank is a different job, and it uses a different number.3 min read · Owner or manager
- 2Checkout, receipts, refunds and creditsThe method you pick at checkout decides how you undo it later. A card charge refunds, a payment you marked yourself un-marks, and an unpaid invoice voids.3 min read · Owner or front desk
- 3Getting paid: Stripe, the card reader and your payoutsStripe is not optional on a paid plan, and the payments page does nothing until it is connected. The reader, the payout report and the two fee lines all hang off it.3 min read · Owner
- 4Mark a booking paid by cash or bank transferPick the method first and the button changes to match. Bank Transfer has two of them, and only one marks the booking paid.1 min read · Owner or front desk
- 5Refund part of a paymentPartial Refund opens an amount field capped at what was actually paid. A cancellation fee refunds on its own.1 min read · Owner or front desk
- 6Leave an overpayment as credit on the client's fileThere is no cash balance on a client's file. Credit means package credits, granted at no charge so nothing is taken twice.1 min read · Owner or front desk
- 7Export your books, and where GST sitsExport Your Data hands you the CSVs. The accounting platform, not Petboost, is the source of truth for tax.1 min read · Owner