Cash flow

Separate the amounts that are not yours

A Toast or Square deposit often mixes guest checks, tax, and tips, then subtracts card fees. The books need gross sales, discounts, sales tax payable, tips payable, fees, and a clearing account that ties the batch to the bank. Folding all of that into one revenue number makes both the food-cost percentage and the sales-tax return drift.

Watch the week, not only the month

Payroll and food vendors do not wait for the month-end packet. A 13-week cash view is a list of what is already promised: payroll, rent, tax, and the invoices that will draft. This hub has no shorter child guide yet. The month-end close hub is the companion, because a close that ignores the bank is a paper close.