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Plain-English explainers on the numbers behind a register: what they mean, how to calculate them, and where to look when they are off.
Cash over short: what it means and how to find the cause
Cash over short is the bookkeeping account for the difference between counted cash and expected cash. What it records, the formula, the journal entry, and the transaction types that explain most variances.
Exception-based reporting for small businesses
What exception-based reporting is, the point-of-sale exceptions it tracks, the thresholds and baselines that make it work, and how a small business can run it without an enterprise loss-prevention team.
Why is my cash drawer short? A checklist
A short, practical checklist for a cash drawer that comes up short at close: recount, float, paid-outs, refunds, voids, discounts, no-sale opens, and how to compare shifts.