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Gross Sales vs Net Sales

Restaurant365′s chart of accounts comes with pre-defined ‘GL Types’ specific to the restaurant industry. They are: It is required that each of your GL Accounts be assigned to one of these GL Types.Restaurant365′s out-of-the-box financial reports group your accounts by GL Type first, then by Parent Account, then by Account Number (or Account Name if Account Number does not exist). Restaurant365′s non-Profit & Loss reports (such as the Flash Report, Sales v. Labor Report) also leverage the GL Account attribute of GL Type when determining the value to display. On all the non-Profit & Loss reports, Restaurant365 labels the summation … Continued

Creating a Memorized Journal Entry

Recurring Transactions are set up using memorized transactions. The Memorized Transaction functionality allows the user to save a template that can be used over and over again (automatically or manually) without having to re-key all the details. For your monthly payroll expense you might want to use a memorized Journal Entry. Step 1 – Create a Journal Entry or use an existing entry. In this example we have created Rent Journal Entry. Then Memorize the entry by going to Action>Memorize.This will open the Memorize window with the fields described below: Memorized Template Name – type the name you want for the template … Continued

Importing Journal Entries

Journal Entries can be entered in to Restaurant365 various ways. This article will discuss how Journal Entries can be imported through the use of .CSV templates. Journal Entry templates can be imported using either of the following methods: Import and create one or more new Journal Entries Import Journal Entry Details in to a single existing Journal Entry The importing process for each method will be outlined below: Method 1 – Creating New Journal Entries via Import Step 1: Obtain R365 JE Import Template To begin creating Journal Entries via Import, first obtain the R365 JE Import Template and Documentation files. Click here for a … Continued

Payroll Journal Entry Overview

Payroll Journal Entry Overview The Payroll Journal Entry window is used to record the journal entry from your outside payroll provider and at the same time ‘true-up’ the labor accrual entries that were created from the POS import each day of the pay period. Labor accrual entries are made from two sources: hourly wages through the POS integration by way of Job Titles and salaried wages through set daily accruals amounts on the Location setup.There are two unique fields on the Payroll Journal Entry transaction that set it apart from the normal Journal Entry transaction. There is a place to … Continued

Adding A New Bank

When setting up Bank Accounts in your General Ledger, you may need to add a ‘Bank’ to Restaurant365. A Bank must be created for each Bank that will be represented by Bank Accounts in your General Ledger. Create a Bank There are two ways to create a Bank in Restaurant365, the first is from the Banking menu on the top ribbon. Hover over Banking and select New Bank The second option is to create a Bank from within a Bank Account Record that you are setting up. First confirm that your Bank does not already exist in the system by clicking … Continued

Entering Beginning Balance Transactions

When implementing Restaurant365 you will need to input beginning balance transactions for GL Balances, Open AP Transactions, Open AR Transactions, and Unreconciled Bank Transactions. The majority of beginning balance items will be imported during the implementation process. However, after go-live you may identify some discrepancies that may require you to add some additional beginning balance transactions. To add a new beginning balance transaction for GL Balances, Open AP, Open AR, or Unreconciled Bank Items, follow the steps below. Select ‘Administration’ in the top ribbon and then select ‘New Beginning Balance’. This will open a list of available beginning balance options. Available Beginning Balance Transaction Options AP … Continued

Parent Accounts & Child Accounts

GL Accounts can have a specified Parent Account (effectively making them a Child Account). Parent Accounts allow users to group Sub-Accounts under one main Summary Account for subtotal and visual grouping on Financial Reports. To assign a Parent Account to a GL Account, select the Account Name of the desired Parent Account on the GL Account Record A Parent Account can have as many Child Accounts as desired. Restaurant365 will support up to four levels of Parent/Child Accounts. For example: 1) Labor 2) –> Hourly Labor 3) –> –> BOH 4) –> –> –> Kitchen Child Accounts will be indented … Continued

Adding a New GL Account, Bank Account, or Checkbook

How do I add a new GL account? Before adding a new account, it is always a good rule of thumb to begin by reviewing your current list of accounts so as to avoid creating a duplicate or extremely similar account to one that already exists. Let’s review a quick list of our existing accounts by clicking on the GL Accounts list in the General Ledger section of the Navigation Pane. Here I see a list of all my accounts, sorted by number. When you are ready to create a new account, click on the words ‘New Account’ … Continued

Move Account List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

If you use Quickbooks and are now setting up Restaurant365, moving your account list over is easy. Just follow the steps below: In Quickbooks go to Reports – List and run the Account Listing report On this report click Excel at the top of the window and choose Create New Worksheet On the window that pops up select “Create a comma separated values (.csv) file” and then click Export In the window that pops up give the file a name and note where you are saving the file Account Numbers are required in Restaurant365 so if you weren’t using account numbers in … Continued

GL Types

GL Types, or rather General Ledger Types, are predefined groups for GL Account Records. GL Types are used for the sorting, grouping and subtotal of GL Accounts on Financial Reports (Balance Sheet and P&L). GL Type is a required field on the GL Account Record. GL Type Presets GL Types are customizable to meet the reporting needs of your organization. Restaurant365 has the following GL Type presets: Create GL Type To create a GL Type, a User with the Accounting Manager Security Role can hover over the Account options on the top ribbon and select ‘New GL Type’. This will open up a … Continued