Garage day closeClose the drawer the same way every night.

Why close the day at all

A cash drawer that is never counted hides small leaks until they are large. A short close at the end of every day shows what came in, what went out and what should be left.

One close per branch per day also gives the owner a clean handover between shifts and a month of records that agree with the bank and the books.

The sums that matter

A day close is a cash calculation, not a sales total:

• Opening cash: what the last close left in the drawer
• Cash received against invoices
• Refunds paid out in cash
• Reversed payments that came back into the drawer
• Cash expenses paid from the drawer
• Expected cash: opening plus receipts, less refunds and cash expenses
• Counted cash: what is actually there
• Difference: counted minus expected

UPI and card are not drawer cash

A UPI or card payment belongs on its invoice and in the day's records, but it is not counted in the cash drawer. Mixing the two is how a close ends up with a difference that is not real.

A difference needs a reason

If the counted cash does not match the expected figure, write down why: a refund not entered, change given from the wrong box, a payment recorded twice. Then close the day.

A close cannot be changed after it is saved. That is the point: the record shows what was known on the night, not what was convenient a week later.

The next morning

The next close opens with what was left in the drawer, so the chain of days stays unbroken.

The cash book lists the month's closes. Editing an old expense does not rewrite a day that was already closed.

In Garage Master

The counter closes the day: owner, manager or front desk. The screen fills in the expected cash from recorded payments and expenses, takes the counted amount, and asks for a reason when they differ. The accountant can read the cash book; nobody can edit a saved close.