Also called Cash up, Till reconciliation
Cash reconciliation is counting the drawer at close, subtracting the opening float, and comparing the result against what the POS says was taken in cash. The difference is recorded as over or short.
Occasional small variances are normal — wrong change during a rush, a missed void, a sale rung to the wrong payment type. A persistent pattern on the same shift or the same person is what warrants investigation.
The value comes from doing it consistently and writing it down. A single night's variance says nothing; twelve weeks of them says a great deal.
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