Use the Deposits tab to enable the Deposits feature, and specify how ATO and the Aloha POS interact to make use of it.

Deposits tab

Group Bar: Deposits

Enable deposits — Enables the Deposits feature, in support of future orders. Save time by performing the POS configuration required as preparation, prior to enabling this feature. Required Options: You must select a deposit tender, deposit order mode, deposit revenue item, and deposit surrendered item. Related Options: To allow an employee to authorize deposit refunds or deposit surrenders, select 'Authorize deposit refunds' and 'Authorize deposit surrender' in Maintenance > Labor > Pos Access Levels and then assign the access level to the employee.

Deposit tender — Specifies the tender you specifically created for use with deposits received against future orders. Required Options: This option appears when you select 'Enable deposits.'

Deposit order mode — Specifies the order mode to which you want to attribute deposits received against future orders. Required Options: This option appears when you select 'Enable deposits.'

Deposit revenue item — Specifies the open revenue item in the Aloha POS used to account for future order deposits paid by customers. Deposits appear in reports available in Aloha Takeout. Required Options: This option appears when you select 'Enable deposits.'

Deposit surrendered item — Specifies the open sales item in the Aloha POS used to account for future order deposits forfeited by customers. Forfeited deposits appear in reports available in Aloha Takeout. Required Options: This option appears when you select 'Enable deposits.'

Print deposit receipt when collected, refunded, or surrendered — Causes a receipt to print any time you complete an activity related to deposits. Required Options: This option appears when you select 'Enable deposits.' Related Requirements: You must define a deposit tender, deposit order mode, deposit revenue item, and deposit surrendered item.

Allow tips on deposits — Allows you to enter a tip at the same time you accept a deposit for a future order. Required Options: You must select 'Allows tips' under the 'Tips' group bar on the Tenders tab in Maintenance > Payments > Tenders for the tender you use when accepting an Aloha Takeout deposit.

Always refund deposit to original tender — Forces you to refund a deposit back to the original tender the guest used to pay the deposit. For example, if a guest pays a deposit with a Visa payment card, the deposit refund must go back on the same Visa payment card. You can provide an employee the ability to override this restriction in Maintenance > Labor > Pos Access Levels.