Last updated: Nov 24, 2025, 9:52 AM
| This article covers legacy Cash Drawer functionality. An updated version of Cash Drawer functionality is currently in limited release with select customers. If the Cash Drawer experience on your Toast POS differs from what is described here, please refer to the Cash Drawers Technical Documentation for details on the new functionality. |
A pay out removes cash from active or open drawers to pay for goods or services and can be done by any manager with the 3.22 Pay Out user/job permission.
Note: Functionally, pay out and cash out do the same task. The difference is that when performing pay out on the POS, users are mandated to select a reason (e.g. “groceries” or “window cleaners”) if in Toast Web.
For pay outs that have been reversed on the same day, a chit will be printed at the receipt printer.
Follow these steps to reverse a pay out in :
Once a pay out is reversed, a new cash entry will appear to add the pay out entry back into the cash drawer's reporting.
Note: Pay outs can only be reversed if the drawer has not yet been closed. If the drawer has been closed, you can complete a Cash In transaction to track your cash correctly. For more information, see .
To undo a house pay out, follow these steps:
You can create reasons for pay outs as a way to track where money is going when cash is taken from a drawer using the pay out button.
You can also set up each pay out reason to go to specific GL Accounts. See this Toast Central article for more information: .
Currently, the details of your pay outs are not available in the Sales Summary Report. However, you can configure it to appear on your end-of-day Z Report. This pay out breakdown will show an itemized list and the amount of each pay out that was issued.
To add this to your Z Report, follow these steps:
Cash in entries add cash to active and open drawers. Think of using pay out for withdrawing money from an active cash drawer, and cash in to add money in an active drawer. To learn more about how to enter a cash in, read this Toast Central article, .