Cash Transaction Rounding to eliminate penny

[ELees]

Has anyone been able to implement cash rounding on cash transactions to eliminate the penny?

TIA

[PerroneTech]

Hi @ELees, this functionality is not in Square. It would be a nice feature to implement, especially if it would allow sellers to donate the proceeds to some sort of charity like big box stores do.

Only way around this right now would be to create an item called "Round Up" with a variable price, and put the calculation yourself. if the customer agrees to the round up, just add the item to the cart and do the math. This way they can also see they rounded up.

[ELees]

Thank you, Orlando

[freethinkerstx]

Our local bank just informed me that they will not longer handle pennies. As far as I know Square does not offer a, "Cash Rounding" option. This is going to be a big issue moving forward. For now, I will see if I can still get pennies at another bank but eventually, if Square doesn't implement this feature, we will have to stop accepting cash payments. I really don't want to do that. Please let me know if you find a solution. I can't expect my staff to do this manually.

[derbtax]

I'd love to see a variable cash rounding feature. I'd love to be able to round *down* to the nearest quarter every time. Then we'd have almost no change to deal with. 

[kreigo]

With the penny shortage now hitting retailers everywhere, Square needs to implement this ASAP so we can more consistently and professionally handle these transactions.

[Zoeticcoffee]

YES! 100% agree!

[Amanda_Bierock]

Is there any update on this? Especially since the penny is now officially "dead"? I haven't experienced the current shortage yet, but it is coming.

[CandyLovers]

We contacted the emergency number for Square yesterday to ask about a fix for the penny shortage, and the gentleman's response was that he hadn't heard anyone else complain about the penny shortage and that Square currently didn't have a rounding option or "fix" for this issue. Which I know is a lie, because I contacted them a month ago asking about a fix because we knew this was coming.  

We are hopeful that Square fixes this issue soon and doesn't leave their customers hanging!