Opening and Closing

LightSpeed Opening and Closing Procedures
Open
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4.
Count Float
Create New Till on a Kiosk Machine.
Add the float amount to Opening Balance.
Join the other Kiosk and service computers to the main till. All CPUs not
connected to a till will not be able to settle payments. (Remember, open only one
till per day)
Close
1. Leave tills on all kiosk & service machines
2. Once all tills are closed, select reconcile.
3. Run settlements on all chase machines. You should have a report with the totals
of each method of payment.
4. In the reconciliation window in
LightSpeed, enter the totals for
each method of payment (AMEX,
Visa, MasterCard, Debit). For
cash, count everything the is in
the cash drawer (including the
float). If the columns "Counted"
and "Expected" do not match,
then you need to explain the
difference on the "End of Day"
report. Enter your closing till.
5. Click "OK". LightSpeed will print a
reconciliation report.
6. Select "End of Day" report. From
the POS go to the gear in the top
right hand corner. In the Browser,
goto File -> Print User Reports >End of Day.
7. Select the current date, all
stations, and summarized. Click "OK"
8. Then enter the funds to deposit. This should be exactly what you are depositing
in the back.
9. Click "Print"
10. Once the End of Day report has printed, sign and date that this information is
correct. All discrepancies must be explained on this sheet.
11. Scan and email the End of Day report to [email protected] and
[email protected]
End of Day envelope should have
• all credit card chits
• Date and printout of till on the outside