Night audit
Close the business date, then read revenue, reconciliation, exceptions, and history.
Night audit closes one business date after the duty manager clears the checklist. It advances that date by one day. It does not post room and tax; those lines are posted at check-in.
Pre-audit checks stay blocked while guests are still in house past checkout, a confirmed arrival is neither checked in nor marked no-show, or an open folio balance has not been reviewed.
Daily revenue compares posted room, tax, and fee lines for that business date with the room-revenue snapshot stored at close.
Reconciliation shows posted charges against money collected that day, by payment method.
Exceptions lists the hard stops and warnings for the open business date. History keeps the last closed dates.
The owner or GM acknowledges that night’s flash on the morning briefing. Acknowledging does not reopen the date.