Mapping your Accounting – SHOGO Knowledge Base.

The following section outlines each high level menu option in the Shogo accounting configuration process (located on the right side of your Accounting Settings):

To Navigate to your Accounting Settings, click on Settings>Accounting>View Detail (if you have more than one location)

In the General Settings Section, you will select a Sales Posting Method which is aligned with your current accounting posting and business needs.

The article linked below outlines the different posting methods Shogo uses:

How do I choose a Sales Posting Method?

Sales

If you selected the Summary Journal or Summary Sales Receipt/Invoice posting methods, you can map your sales at the Point of Sale department or category level by selecting an income account from a dropdown list. You can also search for accounts by backspacing over the "None" and start typing an account name or number (if you are using account numbers or codes). If you selected the Itemized Sales Receipt/Invoice, the sales mapping will be at the item/SKU Level,

Tracking categories (in this case “Category” and “Zone”) may also be specified for each line.

Discounts, Returns and Offsets

This step will contain all of your sales offsets for mapping purposes: primarily, discounts and returns. Depending on your Point of Sale solution options, discounts will either be mapped at the discount type or sales category level. Discounts will typically be mapped to accounts where the account type=Income in the accounting system or, in some cases, you may opt to map a discount to an expense such as Employee Meals or Promotions expense.

Sample Discount types may include:

Employee Discounts
VIP Discounts
Birthdays

Returns

Similar to Discounts, Returns are typically mapped to an Income account which will result in an overall reduction in income in the accounting system.

Other Charges

Other Charges may include the following:

Sales Taxes

If your Point of Sale supports multiple sales taxes, each sales tax collected in the POS will be reflected as its own line item for mapping purposes. For QuickBooks, you should also assign the each sales tax to the QuickBooks Vendor associated with the sales tax collected.

Credit Card Tips
Gift Card Sales
Other Service Charges

Payments

Each individual payment/tender type as defined on your Point of Sale will be be displayed as a line item in your payments mapping.

Credit Card tender types (tender types that will be part of a merchant services processor batch) may be grouped together in whole or in part or mapped individually. To group, select the Toggle All Credit option and map the All Credit Cards line. Then, if you still wish to have a specific tender type create its own line, simply map only that line.