Closing the day: sales, expenses and real profit

Where do I close the day in Miselup?

Under P&L management → Dashboard, with the «Close the day» button. P&L management is the module that carries your daily sales and expenses all the way to your real monthly profit — not just food cost. The full P&L (monthly matrix, budget, history and monthly break-even) is on the Pro plan; on the plans below it you’ll see a taste of it with «Today», the daily break-even and the «Close the day» button itself, which you can use. Compare plans at miselup.pro/en/pricing.

How do I enter a day’s sales?

1. Press «Close the day» under P&L management → Dashboard.
2. Choose the «Date» (today by default, if you’re in the current month).
3. Type in «Cash» and «Card». These are daily totals with taxes included: if you’ve set a default tax, Miselup deducts it to work out the net.
4. Type in the day’s «Guests».
5. Check the «Day’s sales» box, which updates as you type and also shows you the «Avg. ticket».
6. Press «Save».

How do I add the day’s expenses?

In the same panel, under «Today’s expenses (optional)». Each expense is three things: the «Block» it belongs to, the «Concept / supplier» and the «Amount», which goes in without taxes (what it actually costs you, minus whatever tax you can recover). Press the + button to add it to the list; repeat as many times as you have invoices.

P&L management has seven expense blocks:

• «Suppliers (food & drink)» — this is the one that feeds your food cost.
• «Other suppliers»
• «Staff»
• «Utilities»
• «Banking»
• «Overheads»
• «Other expenses»

Can I fix a day I already closed?

Yes. Open «Close the day» and set that date: the form preloads with what was saved and the notice «You’re editing a saved day: saving overwrites it (no duplicates)» appears. You correct and save; the whole day is rewritten, never duplicated. To remove a single expense without touching the rest, go to «Month detail» → «Expenses», open its block and use «Remove».

What does the daily close tell me?

The moment you save, the P&L management dashboard updates:

• «Today»: «Today’s profit» (the day’s sales minus its expenses, in green or red), «Today’s sales», «Today’s expenses» and «Yesterday’s profit», with the «vs yesterday» change.
• «Break-even»: the big number is the «Sales needed each service day to break even this month», with a bar telling you either «You need X more to cover costs» or «Costs covered».
• «This month»: «Month profit», «Net sales», «Expenses», «Food cost», «Staff», «Avg. ticket» and «Guests».
• «Monthly matrix» and «Profit per day», to see the day inside the month’s full run.

Every percentage in P&L management is over net sales (VAT excluded) and the profit is real: if it comes out negative, you’re losing money that month.

Known limits

• Sales go in gross. Miselup derives the net using the day’s tax or, if you haven’t set one, the organisation’s default tax. If none is declared, the P&L counts gross as net (see fixed costs and budget).
• The close form only distinguishes «Cash» and «Card» as ways of getting paid.
• «Close the day» only rewrites what you entered by hand: it doesn’t touch sales coming in from a POS, nor recurring or imported expenses.
• A new, empty day cannot be saved (the button stays disabled). A day that already had data, on the other hand, can be emptied: clear its amounts and save.
• Lines flagged «fixed» are prorated fixed costs and can’t be deleted from the month detail: they’re managed under «Fixed costs».