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How to count back change in manual point of sale

How to count back change

This comes up in training on Point of Sale installations, how do you make change easily in a manual situation? The “count back” method is the best method to use, as it doesn’t require doing much math in your head and is self-checking.

Say the sale is $63.19 and the customer gives the cashier $100.00.

  1. The cashier should place the bills across the top the drawer or aside so that it can always be proved what amount the customer gave if a dispute arises.
  2. Always start at the sales price and count up to what the customer gave you.
  3. Beginning with the coins: say out loud what the running total is: twenty (penny), twenty-five (nickel), fifty (quarter), seventy-five (quarter), and $64 dollars (quarter).
  4. Continue the running count, with the bills:  sixty-five ($1 bill), seventy ($5 bill), eighty ($10 bill), and one-hundred ($20 bill).

 

If the sale is $63.19 and the customer gives the cashier $100.04.

  1. The cashier should place the bills and change aside so that it can always be proved what amount the customer gave if a dispute arises.
  2. First, subtract what coins the customer gave from the sales price. $63.19 – $0.04 = $63.15 and start counting back from there.
  3. Beginning with the coins: say out loud what the running total is: twenty-five (dime), fifty (quarter), seventy-five (quarter), and $64 dollars (quarter).
  4. Continue the running count, with the bills: sixty-five ($1 bill), seventy ($5 bill), eighty ($10 bill), and one-hundred ($20 bill).