Expenses and Payouts - Method Q

Originally derived from the v3 Tutorial here:
http://sambapos.org/wiki/doku.php/en/configuring_cash_transactions_for_v2_users


Understanding the operational flow of Transaction Types and Document Types from the Tutorial above, I implemented the following method to handle Payouts to Expenses and Suppliers that come out of the Cash Drawer (Payment Account Type), and an Account that I call Wallet (Bank Account Type).

This screenshot shows the Operational Flow of making a Payment to an Expense Account or Supplier Account from Cash (Drawer) or Wallet:

Notice there are 3 “Payout” methods in the screenshot: Drawer Payout, Wallet Payout, and Bank Payout. The following demonstrates how to set up the first 2 (Drawer and Wallet)… you can add more methods to suit your needs, based on this model. In fact, at one time, I had 7 different payout methods from various cash sources, in 2 different currencies.


::::: SETUP Begin ::::::::::::::::::::

Account Types for Expenses (Power, Water, Taxes, etc) and Suppliers (product vendors):


Example Expense Account (Municipal Tax) and Supplier Account (Marlboro Vendor):

If you have a lot of Accounts (as I do), use the Batch Create Accounts function to set them all up at once.

For Expenses

#Expenses
Expense Account A
Expense Account B
Expense Account C
... etc ...

For Suppliers

#Suppliers
Supplier Account A
Supplier Account B
Supplier Account C
... etc ...

Account Screens for Expense Accounts and Supplier Accounts:


Transaction Types for Expense Accounts being paid out of Cash (Payment Account) and Wallet (Bank Account):

Transaction Types for Supplier Accounts being paid out of Cash (Payment Account) and Wallet (Bank Account):


Document Types for Expense Accounts being paid out of Cash (Payment Account) and Wallet (Bank Account). These will create the Payout buttons for Expense Accounts:

Document Types for Supplier Accounts being paid out of Cash (Payment Account) and Wallet (Bank Account). These will create the Payout buttons for Supplier Accounts:

::::: SETUP End ::::::::::::::::::::

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I will add more details to the above, soon.

Awesome. When completed we should include it in tutorials listed on sticky topic.

Great feature!!!

Will it be possible to edit the work period report to deduct the expenses from the total cash?

For example, total cash business is 1000. There was 80 total of expenses by cash. The cash drawer should contain 920 in cash. How can I get the work report to show this?

Thanks!

It does not reflect Payouts in the Work Period Report, but it is shown correctly on the Account Screen.


This is precisely why I run my own Reports using SQL.

@QMcKay I’m planning to create a custom account reporting tool to solve such needs. I thought we can Create Sections and choose Account Transaction Types for a section. After choosing a Account Transaction Type we’ll choose if we’ll list source accounts or target accounts and if all transactions should be listed or only account balances. Finally we’ll display balances of all sections.

Do you think we can reproduce your report with that features?

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Sounds good @emre!

From your description, it would be very flexible and customizable, just like the rest of SambaPOS.

My reports contain a lot of aggregates and special cases for adding and deducting transactions (or their sums) in order to come up with Balances. This is especially important for the Cash Account (drawer).

I would also like to see the Inventory Purchasing transactions exposed, perhaps in a more friendly, integrated manner.  Currently, when we purchase product from a vendor we use the method described above to track the money.  Then if we want to track inventory, we need to make a purchase in the Warehouse, so it is double the work.  It would be nice if we could combine them.


Proposed Operation:


Or perhaps better… using a separate Department:

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would like to see that too!!!

By the way, @QMcKay, thank you very much… I implemented this following your set of isntructions and not only worked, I also understud it…

THANKS!!!

G.

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@emre

How can we implement inclusion of payouts in the work period report? I downloaded the latest release 4.1.41. I would very much appreciate if you could show me how to do it in the latest release version.

Thanks

I don’t think its implemented yet.

Hmmm, Is it possible to backtrack this and add expense & wages documents to the past? it’s just that i’ve never uses sambapos’s integrated accounting features before and i don’t know how i should implement it mid-way

If you are not using it now but want to transition to it, it would be wise to transition slowly. I wouldn’t try to convert the past to it I would convert future to it and make sure it meshes. Plan your transition you could just slowly transition parts of your accounting until you eventually have everything you want. The only way to backtrack it would be to manually edit your db and that would not be advised for accounting way to involved and way too big potential to make mistake.

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Pick a date you want to go live with expenses…If you have a lot of expenses maybe categorize them out with which ones you want to try first and which ones you want to wait to make sure its going to work for you. Once you build it its as simple as just adding an account to it the buttons and function stay the same.

Keep any of your past record keeping and just pick a cutoff date for the old system and switch to new one. Your accounting will not be affected as long as you keep your old records in a place you know where they are and can access them. I would advise starting on the first day of a fresh month or week if you do weekly.

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I don’t have any Automation Commands named “Calculator” or “Open Drawer”. Need it for this step:

How do i go about constructing them?

I have not set up a calculator but I assume its linked to an action to start calc.exe To make an open drawer button you simply make an automation command named Open Drawer… you make a printer template with your drawers Kick command Make a print job to handle that template. Make an action to execute that print job. Make a rule that when the Open Drawer Automation Command is executed it fires the Print action.

The calculator would be setup the same as the Open Drawer the exception being you do not need to make a printer template you would use the action Start Process and set it to start calc.exe

You don’t need them for implementation to work properly, but here’s how you would make them…


Calculator Automation Command ***(no mapping required)***:

Calculator Start Process Action:

Calculator Rule:


Open Drawer Printer Template & Print Job:

Open Drawer Automation Command (you can map this to appear on the POS screen somewhere, but no mapping is required for it to put it on the Account Screen):

Open Drawer Execute Print Job Action:

Open Drawer Rule:

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Thanks for the help :smile:

Would you mind sharing the SQL script sample for that report? Thank you.

@q37 what report are you referring too?