Salons & spas·
Deposits matched to card batches·Cash over/short, daily·Tips owed vs. tips paid·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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Salons, barbers & spas · on top of QuickBooks Online

Tips, cash and cards, reconciled for every salon.

Stylists are owed their tips, the drawer has to match the deposit, and gift cards sold today are a debt until they're used. LedgerInbox checks your salon's sales, payroll and bank files against each other and lists every gap.

7 days free · no card · cancel anytime

What stops slipping through

Six salon problems found for you.

Built on the files your POS and payroll already export. Nothing to install at the front desk.

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Tips owed to stylists

Card tips collected against tips paid out through payroll, rolled forward month to month so nobody is short-changed quietly.

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The cash drawer

Cash sales minus payouts against the deposit that reached the bank, every day, at every location.

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Card batches to deposits

Each card batch matched to its bank deposit, with settlement delays accounted for.

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Gift cards (Plus)

Gift cards sold against gift cards redeemed, so the outstanding balance on the books is the real one.

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Sales tax on retail products (Plus)

Sales tax collected on product sales against what the books say is owed.

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Card fees audited (Plus)

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

What's in the setup

The salon books setup.

Service revenue and retail product sales kept apart, commissions and tips on their own lines, gift cards and sales tax as liabilities. Every account and vendor below is what a salon client gets.

GroupAccountsVendors routed here from day one
IncomeService revenue, Retail product sales, Booth & chair rental, Tips collected (pass-through)—
Cost of goods soldRetail product cost, Back-bar & color suppliesSalonCentric · Sally Beauty · Ulta Beauty
LaborWages, Stylist commissions, Tips paid out, Payroll taxes, Contract stylists—
Operating expensesRent, Utilities, Merchant processing fees, Booking & salon software, Laundry & linens, Marketing & ads, Education & licensing, Insurance, Repairs & maintenanceSquare · Clover · Stripe · Vagaro · Mindbody · Boulevard · GlossGenius · Booksy · Cintas · Meta Ads · Google Ads · Yelp Ads · ConEdison · PG&E · Comcast Business
LiabilitiesSales tax payable, Gift cards outstanding, Tips payable—
EquityOwner's draw—

Questions from salons & spas

Which salon software does it read?

Daily sales summaries from Square and Clover today. If your salon runs on Vagaro, Mindbody or Boulevard, we can't read its export yet. Tell us, and it moves up the list.

Does it calculate stylist commissions?

No. Commissions stay in your payroll or salon software. LedgerInbox checks the tips, the cash and the deposits, and categorizes commission payments to their own account.

We rent chairs to booth renters. Is that covered?

Yes. Booth and chair rental income has its own account in the salon setup, separate from service revenue.

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.

Every tip and every drawer, accounted for.

Forward one month of files and see what doesn't add up. Free for 7 days, no card.