Payment Overview

Taxes

Maitre'D supports up to 10 different tax definitions. You might need to use different tax definitions if, for example, food and liquor in your area are taxed differently, then you would need one tax definition for food and another tax definition for liquor.

Tax Category

Type in the description for this tax category. Tax Categories are used to group taxes together for reporting purposes. Some examples of description are Food Tax or Liquor Tax.

Media Types

The Media Types option from the Payments menu allows to create or edit a media record. The Back-Office allows as many as 50 types of payment: 1-25 are regular media types, such a Visa and Cash: media types 26-50 are reserved for payments such as tips and employee deposits. With the exception of the description, they must not be changed.

You may program each media type record individually. For example, you may program a specific credit card or gift certificate type. The Back-Office accumulates amounts individually for each type, and reports the amount on Server Financial Reports and/or the Daily Sales Report.

Promotions

The Promotions option from the Payments menu allows to set up promotions that will be used in the restaurants. There are two types of promotions: Discounts and Coupons. There can be a maximum of 100 discounts and coupons combined in the system. The category you choose determines whether the promotion is a coupon or a discount.

Tips & Services

The Tips & Service Charge option from the Payments menu allows to enter information that enables the workstation to calculate tips and limits on automatic tips as well as surcharges based on a number of patrons served.

Void Reasons

This option lets you program a list of reasons to be used when a manager voids an item from a POS terminal. When you enable this option, a window appears, and all you have to do is simply type in up to 50 reasons you might have.