Expense Charge/Petty Cash is a small amount of cash used by the property for minor expenses.

Overview

Petty Cash taken from the cash register can be recorded using an Expense Charge in the Cash Account.

An Expense Charge and expense payment will be used on the Cash Account to record the purpose and deduction of money from the cash register.

A Cash Expense Payment will automatically be created with the Expense Charge to balance the account for money paid out.

How to Record Petty Cash

1. Navigate to Accounting > Cash Account.
2. Select Expense Charge.
   
    
3. Select the Expense Charge.
4. Enter a Comment (Optional).
5. Enter a Quantity.
6. Enter the Expense Amount as the Unit Price.
7. Select 'Apply/Exit'.
   

The daily takings will now be balanced for the removal of this cash amount from the cash register.

Cash Account

Process transactions not linked to a guest or reservation, such as walk-in purchases.
For more information, see Cash Account.