Balancing with the Daily Sales and Deposit Report

The Daily Sales and Deposit report is a useful tool in balancing daily. The report shown below is a sample and can be modified to better suit the company’s needs.

To balance with the Daily Sales and Deposit report:

  1. Enter the Opening A/R Balance from the previous day.
  2. Enter Total Daily Sales for the day from the sales posting journals.
  3. Enter Total Payments for the day, from the payment posting journals.
    Note: Be sure to take into account any void journals.
  4. Enter the Net Deposit, subtracting Credit Cards and Petty Cash Expenses from Total Payments.
  5. Enter the Actual Deposit, subtracting Change Fund from Total Cash in Drawer and adding Checks for Deposit.
  6. Enter the Closing A/R, adding Sales to Opening A/R and subtracting Payments.
Store:Date:

GallonsAmount
Opening A/R Balance

Residential LP                                                      
Commercial LP                                                      
Agricultural LP                                                     
MF/Other LP                                                     
Drop Ship                                                     
Kerosene                                                     
Diesel                                                     
Fuel Oil                                                     
Gasoline                                                     
Appliances

Parts

Service

Other:

Other:

Other:

Sales Tax

Total Daily Sales                                                     
Total Payments

Less: Credit Cards

Less: Petty Cash Expenses
                                                     
Net Deposit
                                                                                      
Total Cash in Drawer
                                                                                      
Less: Change Fund
                                                                                     
Cash for Deposit
                                                                                     
Checks for Deposit
                                                                                     
Actual Deposit
                                                                                     
Over/Short = Actual - Net Deposit
                                                                                     
Closing A/R = Opening + Sales - Payments
                                                                                     

Other options for balancing at the end of the day: 

  1. From the Report Menu, select Customer Reports.
  2. Select Option 2
  3. Choose #3 – Totals/# of customers. This will print the balance as of today. 
  4. Select Option 7 Age Analysis. Using today’s date and select summary, print and compare both reports. The totals will match if in balance.