Run close-of-day report with Square for Restaurants

Before you begin

Running the close-of-day report is the last action taken by your managers before ending service.

Your close-of-day report includes a full rundown of your numbers for the day: bill details (bills comped, voided, etc), gross and net sales, payment methods, category sales and item sales.

Running Close of Day will settle all credit card tips. Please note that Close of Day does not account for fees accrued.

You can ensure your close-of-day report is accurate by completing the following: 

• Fix all unadjusted tips. Running Close of Day will settle card tips for closed bills.

• Close all open bills. Open bills won’t be included in your report.

• Declare cash tips. If your staff is still clocked in, make sure they have declared any cash tips.

Run your close-of-day report

Once your team members complete the required close-of-day procedures, you can run your Close of Day report.

1. Open your Restaurants POS app and tap Account > Run Close of Day.

2. If required, you can close any open bills and cash drawers, adjust tips and clock out team members from the close-of-day preview.

3. Tap Run Close of Day > Run Close of Day.

Tap Print to print a copy of your close-of-day reports. To print your close-of-day report, your device must be connected to a receipt printer.

Run your shift report

When a team member is ready to close out a shift, they’ll need to run a shift report to view their card tips and cash owed to the house before clocking out.

To run a shift report from the Restaurants Point of Sale app on iPad:

1. log in to the app using your personal passcode and tap Account.

2. Before running your report, you can adjust any tips, close any open bills or declare cash tips if needed.

3. If everything looks right, tap Run Shift Report. If the figures look low, a team member may have processed payments before clocking in – you can customise the time frame by tapping Edit Report.

You can only run a shift report if you complete all outstanding tasks, such as closing all bills or adjusting credit card tips. You can adjust these tasks by going to Devices > ServiceSettings > ClosingProcedures in your online Square Dashboard. Additionally, the option to print your shift report will be disabled if your printer is not connected to your device. If non-cash tips are not pooled or included in payroll, disable the Cash owed to Employee and Cash owed to House options in your Shift report settings.

Next steps

Learn more about other reporting specific to Square for Restaurants:

• Get restaurant performance reports on Square Dashboard

• Get real-time sales data on Square Restaurants POS