We take a pre-paid deposit for group reservations and then credit them to the tab. When we take the deposit we do not charge tax or the mandatory 20% gratuity. At this time to apply the deposit to the final check we split the check so that the deposit is one payment and the remaining balance is another. This allows tax and tip to be calculated on the full bill. We post the payment in the "other" category however this results in a false double payment in our system (the initial pre-paid deposit and the "other" payment). Is there a better way to do this that will still allow the tax and tip to be calculated on the total bill. (We tried discounts etc but those reduce the tax and tip). What we really need is a payment category that essentially allows a pre-paid deposit to be applied without increasing our revenue or decreasing tax and tip calculation. We hope square adds this feature or if someone has figured this out please let us know. Thanks.
