Retail stores·
Deposits matched to card batches·Cash over/short, daily·Repeat shortages by register·Card fees audited (Plus)·Sales tax collected vs. owed (Plus)·Gift card liability (Plus)·Payroll clearing (Plus)·Transfers between related companies (Plus)
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Retail stores · on top of QuickBooks Online

Every register, every store, reconciled daily.

A register that comes up short on the same shift every week is a pattern, not bad luck. LedgerInbox checks each store's sales file against the bank and names the gaps: short drawers, missing deposits, sales tax and gift card drift.

7 days free · no card · cancel anytime

What stops slipping through

Six retail problems found for you.

Run on the daily sales and drawer exports your POS already produces.

/ 01

Drawer over/short

Cash sales minus payouts against the deposit that reached the bank, per store, per day.

/ 02

Repeat shortages named

When shortages keep landing on the same register or day, the pattern is named, not just the individual short days.

/ 03

Card batches to deposits

Each card batch matched to its bank deposit, weekends and settlement delays included.

/ 04

Sales tax (Plus)

Sales tax collected at the register against what the books say is owed.

/ 05

Gift cards (Plus)

Gift cards sold against redeemed, so the liability on the books matches what customers still hold.

/ 06

Card fees audited (Plus)

Processor fees checked against your contracted rate, so a fee increase shows up as a finding.

What's in the setup

The retail books setup.

In-store, online and wholesale sales kept apart, cost of goods split from freight and packaging, sales tax and gift cards as liabilities. Every account and vendor below is what a retail client gets.

GroupAccountsVendors routed here from day one
IncomeSales · online store, Sales · marketplaces, Sales · in-store, Sales · wholesale, Shipping income, Returns & refunds—
AssetsInventory—
Cost of goods soldCost of goods sold, Freight in, Packaging materials, 3PL / fulfillment fees, Shipping & postage outUSPS · UPS · FedEx · ShipBob · Amazon FBA fees · Packaging supplier
LiabilitiesSales tax payable, Gift cards outstanding—
Operating expensesMerchant processing fees, Platform fees, Advertising · digital, Influencer & affiliate, Rent · store / warehouse, Utilities, Wages & payroll, Software & SaaSShopify · Amazon Seller Fees · Etsy · eBay · Walmart Marketplace · Stripe · Square · PayPal · ShipStation · Meta Ads · Google Ads · TikTok Ads · Klaviyo · Shopify Apps
EquityOwner's draw—

Questions from retail stores

Which POS systems does it read?

Daily sales summaries from Square and Clover today. Lightspeed and Shopify POS exports aren't read yet. Tell us which you use.

Does it track inventory?

No. Inventory counts stay in your POS or inventory system. LedgerInbox reconciles the money: drawers, deposits, sales tax, gift cards and card fees.

We have several stores under different companies. Does that work?

Yes. Each store is its own set of books, and money moved between the companies is checked on Plus.

What does it cost?

$40 per location per month on Core, $70 on Plus, with unlimited seats. A location is one set of books. The first 7 days are free and need no card.

Know which register is short, and why.

Forward one month of files and see every gap. Free for 7 days, no card.