AJ's daily ledger · May 2026 · "MONTHLY PROFIT AND LOST"
Monthly Journal
AJ writes daily sales and cash deposits in a spiral notebook and adds the columns on a calculator. This is the same notebook, on a tablet. 1,257 days in. Reconciles to QBO on demand.
Days entered · all-time
1,257
since 2021-05 · 100% reconciled
Total Sales · May MTD
$118.4K
22 days · pace $148K
Deposit · May MTD
$94.2K
$76K bank + $18K cash
QBO recon delta
$0
last sync 4m ago · clean
📓 Daily journal · May 2026
22 days entered · 9 days remain · click any cell to edit
columns mirror AJ's Excel: B/C/D sales · F charge · G misc · H/I/J/K payouts · L short/over · M deposit · O/P covers
Date
Food (B)
Bev (C)
Total (D)
Charge (F)
Misc (G)
Payout (H+I+J+K)
Short/Over (L)
Deposit (M)
L cov (O)
D cov (P)
Fri
May 1
$6,184
$612
$6,796
$4,890
$0
($380)
$+2
$4,512
68
198
Sat
May 2
$10,840
$948
$11,788
$8,210
$0
($420)
($18)
$7,140
84
418
Sun
May 3
$8,920
$614
$9,534
$7,180
$0
($410)
$+8
$1,944
82
358
Mon
May 4 · closed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tue
May 5
$4,210
$382
$4,592
$3,440
$0
($310)
$0
$842
42
128
Wed
May 6
$5,180
$420
$5,600
$4,080
$0
($310)
$+5
$1,215
52
144
Thu
May 7
$5,840
$520
$6,360
$4,720
$0
($310)
$0
$1,330
62
182
Fri
May 8
$6,810
$704
$7,514
$5,610
$400
($380)
($12)
$1,892
76
214
Sat
May 9
$11,420
$998
$12,418
$8,620
$0
($420)
$+6
$7,476
88
444
Sun
May 10
$9,510
$642
$10,152
$7,520
$0
($410)
$+2
$2,224
82
372
+ 12 more days (May 11 → May 23) entered, May 24-31 pending…
MTD totals
$106,820
$11,580
$118,400
$84,710
$400
($7,540)
($14)
$94,180
1,520
6,820
ATM income · May MTD
$684
22 days · avg $31/day surcharge
QBO acct: 4050 Sales - Non Taxable
Universal Gaming · May MTD
$2,840
3 VGT machines · commission split
QBO acct: 4050 Sales - Non Taxable
Merchant fees · May MTD
($2,310)
2.7% of charge card sales
QBO acct: 6420 Bank Service Charges
✓
vs QBO · clean reconciliation
Journal MTD ($118,400) matches QBO Food + Bev rollup ($118,400) to the dollar.