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Bring your restaurant sales into the accounting workflow

Stop collecting the same sales figures twice. Understand what an accounting integration does and how to follow sales, payouts and exceptions separately.

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The day does not end when the restaurant closes

Guests have paid, the kitchen is clean and the team has gone home. There may still be reports to gather from the POS, online store and delivery platforms before the accountant receives the records. That is a lot of manual work for figures already captured elsewhere.

ninito brings together sales from connected restaurant channels and passes the figures into the accounting workflow. Sales and VAT are separated, and the team helps configure the setup for your restaurant. The accountant gets a clearer starting point, while you no longer have to act as the intermediary finding and sending the same figures again.

Sales and payouts tell different stories

What was sold on a particular day is not necessarily the amount reaching the bank that day. Payments may settle later, and a settlement can include fees or refunds. You need to be able to follow both the sale and the movement of money.

Consider a takeaway order paid today and partially refunded later. The sales record, refund and payment provider’s payout need to make sense together. Sending only the bank deposit as the day’s sales leaves the accountant without the information explaining the difference.

An integration should reduce duplicate entry. It does not remove the accountant’s need to understand settlements and decide how events should be treated.

Connect the right company and accounting product

Involve the accountant during setup, before the first figures arrive. Establish which company owns the sales, how locations should be distinguished and which accounts and VAT settings should apply. Two restaurants can share a brand and still need different accounting arrangements.

ninito offers connections to PowerOffice, Tripletex, Xledger and Visma, among others, as well as 24SevenOffice. Identify the exact product you use. 24SevenOffice now also appears under the Finago name, but a supplier name alone does not define the connection. The product and company structure determine the workflow you need.

Make one exception understandable before moving on

An ordinary day’s sales provide a useful starting point. A refund or correction shows whether the handover also works when the day is less straightforward. Follow the event from the POS into the records the accountant receives. Both sides should be able to find it without reconstructing the entire shift.

If a transfer appears to be missing, first investigate its status and what has actually arrived. Do not enter the same figures manually again without checking whether the transfer may still arrive. Agree who follows up and how the accountant is informed once the exception is resolved.

Use the figures to understand operations

Once the accounting handover is organised, the conversation can focus more on the restaurant. Which channels contribute sales? How does lunch differ from evening service? What is happening at the new location?

ninito reporting brings together sales across locations and ordering channels, with access to the transactions behind the totals. You can follow daily operations in ninito while the accountant continues in the accounting system. Both have a clearer responsibility and spend less time finding the underlying records.

Bring your accountant into the conversation

Tell ninito which accounting system you use, how many companies and restaurants need to be included, and what you still handle manually. We will review the relevant connections and configure the agreed accounting workflow with you.

Bring an ordinary daily report and a specific exception if you can. The discussion can then focus on the work you want to remove and how both the restaurant and accountant will follow the figures through.

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