How to make the count mean something
Expected cash = float + cash sales + cash added − cash paid out − cash dropped
- One drawer per counter, opened by one person with a counted float. Two cashiers on one drawer means a shortage belongs to nobody.
- Every payout with a reason, recorded when it happens — see petty cash.
- Count before looking. A cashier who counts first and sees the expected figure after cannot make the count fit it.
- Non-cash methods are checked elsewhere: UPI against the payment app, card against the machine's settlement.
Example
Float ₹2,000. Cash sales ₹14,650. Paid out ₹600 (ice and a repair). Dropped to the owner ₹10,000. Expected: ₹2,000 + ₹14,650 − ₹600 − ₹10,000 = ₹6,050. Counted: ₹5,950 — ₹100 short, recorded on the shift.
How Nivasik handles it
- A cash drawer per counter: open it with a float, sell, pay out with a reason, and end the day by counting it. The preview and the close use one calculation.
- The day-end report keeps sales, tax by rate, payment modes, khata, gift cards, paid-outs and the count.
- At a shop, a day nobody ended closes itself at 04:00 and is marked "not counted" rather than quietly passing as checked.