Opening Cash Drawers

At the beginning of each day you must open each cash drawer that will accept payments, and at the end of the day, you must then balance and deposit the cash drawer amounts in order to close each of the drawers.

From the Main Menu screen, click PERIODIC. The Periodic Processing screen appears with the Daily tab selected.

Note: You can also access the Open Cash Drawer Wizard when taking your first payment of the work day. If your office hasn’t opened a cash drawer yet and you choose the Take Payment option, the Open Cash Drawer Wizard is automatically initiated. (The Take Payment Wizard can be accessed from the Browse Tenants or Browse Customers screen, or the Account Details or Account Summary tabs of the Tenant Management or Maintain Customer Information screens).

Click OPEN CASH DRAWER and the Open Cash Drawer Wizard is initiated.

Click START and select a cash drawer to open from the drop-down list.

This field offers your agency-defined list of cash drawers, which you maintain in the Setup area of the program. See "Setting Up Cash Drawers"

If necessary, enter the starting cash (dollar amount that is in the drawer). This field is used by PHAs who allow tenants to pay cash and use a physical cash drawer.

Click OK and then click NEXT to continue.

Check the checkbox(es) of the employees who should have access to the cash drawer.

This is your agency-defined list of receivables employees, which you maintain in the Setup area of the program. See "Employees"

Check the checkbox(es) of the employees who should be allowed to balance/close the cash drawer.

Click OK and then click NEXT. You have successfully opened a cash drawer! At the end of the day, you must then balance and deposit the cash drawer amounts in order to close each cash drawer. See "Balancing Cash Drawers"; See "Making Deposits"