Record income that isn't a sale

Record money that comes in without a sale, such as rent for shelf space, in its own category and account.

2 min read Updated 19 Oct 2026 On plans with Accounting

Names like these, in green, are pages inside your ArmPOS shop. Sign in to your shop to open them.

By the end you will have recorded money that came in without a sale, such as rent for shelf space or a refund from a service, and you will find it in your reports.

Deposits sit under Accounting, which comes with some plans only. If Accounting isn't in your menu, your plan or your role doesn't include it.

Create the categories

Categories group your other income, as expense categories group your spending.

  1. Open Accounting › Deposit Category.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Type the title, such as Shelf rental, and click Submit.

Record a deposit

  1. Open Accounting › Create deposit.
  2. Check the Date. It is required.
  3. Pick the Account the money went into. It is optional, but only a deposit with an account adds to that account's balance.
  4. Pick the Deposit Category. It is required.
  5. Enter the Amount and the Details. Amount is required; Details says where the money came from.
  6. Click Submit. You land on List Deposit.
Create deposit: Date 19/10/2026, Account Bank account, Deposit Category Shelf rental, Amount 50, Details "Shelf space rented to Lakeside Dairy, October", and Submit.
Name the account, and its balance goes up by the amount.

Find it again

Accounting › List Deposit lists your deposits with their Date, Reference (DP_ and a number), Amount, Category, Account and Details. Filter finds them by date, reference, account or category, and PDF and EXCEL keep a copy. The Total row adds up the page you see.

List Deposit: Filter, PDF, EXCEL and Create above the list, with DP_1111 on 2026-10-19, 50.00, Shelf rental, Bank account, "Shelf space rented to Lakeside Dairy, October", and a Total of 50.00.
The pencil changes a deposit and moves the money with it. The cross takes it back off the account.

Reports › Deposits Report totals your deposits by category, with a chart.

A deposit isn't a sale, so Reports › Profit and Loss doesn't count it in your sales or profit.

What's next

Keep your accounts in step with Bank and cash accounts.

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