Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read
In many restaurants the month ends the same way: the accountant collects the daily sales printouts and types them into Tally, one day at a time. It is slow, it introduces mistakes, and it falls apart the moment a bill is voided after it was posted.
Daily summary or one voucher per bill?
Most restaurants post one sales voucher per day — it keeps Tally light and matches how owners think about sales. Some accountants prefer a voucher per bill for a full audit trail. Your POS should let you choose either, from the same data.
Map ledgers once
- ✓Sales by tax rate — 5%, 18% and so on
- ✓Output CGST and SGST (and liquor VAT for bars) exactly as billed
- ✓Discount allowed, round-off, service and cover charges
- ✓Each payment mode — cash, UPI, card, room charge, aggregator receivable
Why the push has to happen on your network
Tally runs on a computer in your office, not on the internet, so a cloud POS can’t reach it directly. The practical answer is a small app on the same network that receives the vouchers and posts them to Tally — creating any missing ledgers first. When a posted bill is later edited or voided, the next push alters or cancels that voucher so your books never drift from the POS.
Zoho Books and QuickBooks
If your books are on Zoho Books or QuickBooks, a journal CSV built from the same balanced vouchers can be imported in a couple of clicks.
How BistroBot does it
BistroBot Accounting builds balanced vouchers from paid bills, lets you download Tally XML or push straight to Tally from the BistroBot desktop app on your restaurant network, and exports Zoho Books and QuickBooks CSVs. A day book shows exactly what was posted. It is an opt-in switch on the Pro plan, or on Gourmet with the ₹199/month Accounting integration add-on.