Cash payments

You can accept and log cash payments through the point of sale. Cash payments are tracked separately from card transactions and appear in your Cash Drawer report.

Process a cash payment

Go to Point of Sale
Add items and select the client (or walk-in)
At checkout, select Cash as the payment method
Enter the amount tendered
Arketa shows the change to give back
Complete the transaction

[IMAGE TODO] Take a screenshot showing the POS checkout screen with "Cash" selected as the payment method. Show the amount tendered field and the calculated change amount displayed to the staff member.

The cash transaction is logged in your dashboard with the timestamp and amount.

What you can sell with cash

Cash payments work for any item in the POS — drop-ins, retail, gift cards, class packs, and memberships.

Cash Drawer report

Track all cash transactions in Reporting → Cash Drawer. The report shows:

Number of transactions
Net cash amount (before fees)
Net card amount for comparison
Total net amount for the period

Use this to reconcile your physical cash drawer at the end of each shift or day.

[IMAGE TODO] Take a screenshot showing the Reporting - Cash Drawer report with sample data. Show the transaction count, net cash amount, net card amount, and total net amount fields populated with example values.

Tips for cash management

Set a cash float (starting amount in your register) at the beginning of each day
Reconcile your drawer at the end of each day against the Cash Drawer report
Log all cash transactions in Arketa at the time of sale — don't batch them later

Cash and accounting

Cash payments show as revenue in your reporting from the date of the transaction. For accounting purposes, they're included in your total revenue but tracked as a separate payment method.