# Accept payments, and make change or write charge slips as necessary.

*/Tasks/Accept_payments,_and_make_change_or_write_charge_slips_as_necessary.*

Accept payments, and make change or write charge slips as necessary.

## Boundary Of Firm

**Outsourced To**:
- [Payment Processing Company](/CompanyTypes/Payment_Processing_Company)
**Automatability**: fully
**Routing Summary**:
- Where a human still rings the order, a cashier tenders payment and counts back change, but this is general, fungible work any retailer staffs interchangeably.
- Card authorization, change calculation, and receipt generation run on the point-of-sale system and an external payment gateway, with the card network and acquiring relationship bought from a payment processor.
- Self-checkout and kiosk flows route the whole transaction to software end to end, leaving only exception handling to staff.
**Delivered By Role**:
- [Cashier](/Tasks/Accept_payments,_and_make_change_or_write_charge_slips_as_necessary./JobTypes/Cashier)
- [Retail Sales Associate](/Tasks/Accept_payments,_and_make_change_or_write_charge_slips_as_necessary./JobTypes/Retail_Sales_Associate)
**Asset Specificity**: general
**Automated By Action**:
- [Authorize Card Payment](/Action/Authorize_Card_Payment)
- [Calculate Change Due](/Action/Calculate_Change_Due)
- [Generate Sales Receipt](/Action/Generate_Sales_Receipt)
**Automated By Software**:
- [Point of Sale System](/Software/Point_of_Sale_System)
- [Payment Gateway](/Software/Payment_Gateway)
**Delivered By Department**:
- [Front of House](/Tasks/Accept_payments,_and_make_change_or_write_charge_slips_as_necessary./Departments/Front_of_House)
- [Store Operations](/Tasks/Accept_payments,_and_make_change_or_write_charge_slips_as_necessary./Departments/Store_Operations)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Process customer bills or payments.](/Activities/Process_customer_bills_or_payments.) — parent · Activities

### Siblings

- [Total checks, present them to customers, and accept payment for services.](/Tasks/Total_checks,_present_them_to_customers,_and_accept_payment_for_services.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Receive and process customer payments.](/Tasks/Receive_and_process_customer_payments.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Present bills and accept payments.](/Tasks/Present_bills_and_accept_payments.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Collect money for drinks served.](/Tasks/Collect_money_for_drinks_served.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Collect payments from customers.](/Tasks/Collect_payments_from_customers.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes.](/Tasks/Prepare_checks_that_itemize_and_total_meal_costs_and_sales_taxes.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary.](/Tasks/Accept_payment_from_customers,_and_make_change_as_necessary.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Compare disputed merchandise with original requisitions and information from invoices and prepare in...](/Tasks/Compare_disputed_merchandise_with_original_requisitions_and_information_from_invoices_and_prepare_in...) — siblings · Tasks
- [Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.](/Tasks/Take_food_and_drink_orders_and_receive_payment_from_customers.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Turn in receipts and money received from deliveries.](/Tasks/Turn_in_receipts_and_money_received_from_deliveries.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Administer Billing And Collections Workflow](/Tasks/Administer_Billing_And_Collections_Workflow) — siblings · Tasks
- [Assist Customers with Payment Issues](/Tasks/Assist_Customers_with_Payment_Issues) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill And Service Accounts](/Tasks/Bill_And_Service_Accounts) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill and follow up](/Tasks/Bill_and_follow_up) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill and support customers](/Tasks/Bill_and_support_customers) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill customer and settle market](/Tasks/Bill_customer_and_settle_market) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill customer for kilowatt-hours](/Tasks/Bill_customer_for_kilowatt-hours) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill order and manage receivables](/Tasks/Bill_order_and_manage_receivables) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill rent and resolve resident requests](/Tasks/Bill_rent_and_resolve_resident_requests) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill statement and process payment](/Tasks/Bill_statement_and_process_payment) — siblings · Tasks
- [Bill tenants and fuel sales](/Tasks/Bill_tenants_and_fuel_sales) — siblings · Tasks
- [Cash Customer Checks](/Tasks/Cash_Customer_Checks) — siblings · Tasks
- [Handle routine billing and collections](/Tasks/Handle_routine_billing_and_collections) — siblings · Tasks
- [Improve order-to-cash processes](/Tasks/Improve_order-to-cash_processes) — siblings · Tasks
- [Invoice And Process Payment](/Tasks/Invoice_And_Process_Payment) — siblings · Tasks
- [Issue bill and answer service](/Tasks/Issue_bill_and_answer_service) — siblings · Tasks
- [Log Units Cleaned and Bill Customers](/Tasks/Log_Units_Cleaned_and_Bill_Customers) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Accounts Receivable](/Tasks/Process_Accounts_Receivable) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Dues and Renewals](/Tasks/Process_Dues_and_Renewals) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Expenses and Personal Bills](/Tasks/Process_Expenses_and_Personal_Bills) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Payments and Financing Applications](/Tasks/Process_Payments_and_Financing_Applications) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Payments and Invoices](/Tasks/Process_Payments_and_Invoices) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Payments and Set Up Payment Arrangements](/Tasks/Process_Payments_and_Set_Up_Payment_Arrangements) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process Pledges and Payments](/Tasks/Process_Pledges_and_Payments) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process basket payment](/Tasks/Process_basket_payment) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process checkout and billing](/Tasks/Process_checkout_and_billing) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process contributor invoices and payment requests](/Tasks/Process_contributor_invoices_and_payment_requests) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process order and invoice](/Tasks/Process_order_and_invoice) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process payment and billing](/Tasks/Process_payment_and_billing) — siblings · Tasks
- [Process project billings and invoices](/Tasks/Process_project_billings_and_invoices) — siblings · Tasks
- [Receive Bill Or Proposal](/Tasks/Receive_Bill_Or_Proposal) — siblings · Tasks
- [Resolve Billing Disputes at the Counter](/Tasks/Resolve_Billing_Disputes_at_the_Counter) — siblings · Tasks
- [Resolve Billing and Service Inquiries at Point of Sale](/Tasks/Resolve_Billing_and_Service_Inquiries_at_Point_of_Sale) — siblings · Tasks
- [Resolve billing and account questions](/Tasks/Resolve_billing_and_account_questions) — siblings · Tasks
- [Resolve billing and payment questions](/Tasks/Resolve_billing_and_payment_questions) — siblings · Tasks

### Related (perform)

- [Kiosk Pitchman](/JobTypes/Kiosk_Pitchman) — perform · JobTypes
- [Concession Stand Attendant](/JobTypes/Concession_Stand_Attendant) — perform · JobTypes
- [Boutique Sales Cashier](/JobTypes/Boutique_Sales_Cashier) — perform · JobTypes

### Related (realizes)

- [Hand tools at retail](/Services/Hand_tools_at_retail) — realizes · Services
- [Other foods, including in bundle, n.e.c. at retail](/Services/Other_foods,_including_in_bundle,_n.e.c._at_retail) — realizes · Services

### Related (depends on step)

- [Decorative home furnishings (except textile products), at retail](/Services/Decorative_home_furnishings_(except_textile_products),_at_retail) — depends on step · Services

### Who does this

- [Cooks, Short Order](/Occupations/Cooks,_Short_Order) — performs · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [chargeback disputes lack the signed charge-slip image to contest the issuer](/Problems/chargeback_disputes_lack_the_signed_charge-slip_image_to_contest_the_issuer) — exposes problem · Problems
- [manual change-making math errors on cash tendered during rush throughput](/Problems/manual_change-making_math_errors_on_cash_tendered_during_rush_throughput) — exposes problem · Problems
- [EMV decline/fallback to swipe at the terminal shifts fraud liability to the merchant](/Problems/EMV_decline%2Ffallback_to_swipe_at_the_terminal_shifts_fraud_liability_to_the_merchant) — exposes problem · Problems
- [card-on-file PCI scope grows every time a charge slip records the PAN by hand](/Problems/card-on-file_PCI_scope_grows_every_time_a_charge_slip_records_the_PAN_by_hand) — exposes problem · Problems
- [foreign-currency and coin-shortage situations stall the line with no make-change float](/Problems/foreign-currency_and_coin-shortage_situations_stall_the_line_with_no_make-change_float) — exposes problem · Problems
- [voids and no-sale drawer opens are the unaudited shrinkage channel](/Problems/voids_and_no-sale_drawer_opens_are_the_unaudited_shrinkage_channel) — exposes problem · Problems
- [till drawer over/short reconciliation at shift close pins blame on the wrong cashier](/Problems/till_drawer_over%2Fshort_reconciliation_at_shift_close_pins_blame_on_the_wrong_cashier) — exposes problem · Problems
- [split-tender (cash + card + gift card) ordering breaks the register's running balance](/Problems/split-tender_(cash_+_card_+_gift_card)_ordering_breaks_the_register's_running_balance) — exposes problem · Problems

### Automated by

- [Payment Gateway](/Software/Payment_Gateway) — automated by · Software
- [Point of Sale System](/Software/Point_of_Sale_System) — automated by · Software
- [Generate Sales Receipt](/Action/Generate_Sales_Receipt) — automated by · Action
- [Calculate Change Due](/Action/Calculate_Change_Due) — automated by · Action
- [Authorize Card Payment](/Action/Authorize_Card_Payment) — automated by · Action

### Outsourced to

- [Payment Processing Company](/CompanyTypes/Payment_Processing_Company) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Delivered by

- [Retail Sales Associate](/JobTypes/Retail_Sales_Associate) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Cashier](/JobTypes/Cashier) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Store Operations](/Departments/Store_Operations) — delivered by · Departments
- [Front of House](/Departments/Front_of_House) — delivered by · Departments