POS Settings
Before you can process payments, configure your payment gateway under Settings → Point of Sale, and make sure your sales tax rate is set on the main Settings page.
The register
The The register card sets two things:
- Location: the warehouse the register sells from. Each sale takes its stock from here unless the cashier picks another warehouse for that sale. Left on Your default warehouse, the register uses whichever warehouse is your default.
- Receipt header: a line shown at the top of the receipt on the register screen after each sale, such as your shop's name, address or a thank-you note.
Only owners, admins and team roles with Manage point of sale settings can change them. Cashiers see the result at the register.
Card payments
Cards at the register go through your Stripe account connected to Iraca, the same one your online payments use. Connect it under Settings → Payments (see Payments and Stripe). There are no keys to copy.
Each card sale is charged on your own Stripe account. Stripe takes its usual processing fee, and Iraca takes its payment fee for your plan (1% on Free, 0.5% on Standard, 0.3% on Scale). Both are recorded as expenses, and your cash is what actually reaches your Stripe balance.
If Iraca asks you to Reconnect Stripe, do that first: your account was set up the older way, and card payments are paused on it until it's replaced.
Card readers
To take tapped, inserted or swiped cards, add a Stripe smart reader (BBPOS WisePOS E or Stripe Reader S700):
- Open the reader's settings to show its registration code.
- Under Settings → Point of Sale → Card payments, enter the code and a name, such as "Front counter".
- Click Add reader.
The first reader you add uses your business address for its location, so make sure your address is filled in on the main Settings page.
Wallets
Google Pay appears in the charge dialog on Android devices using Chrome, with no extra setup.
Other processors
If you also take payments on PayPal's or Square's own terminal, you can record them as card sales. Iraca doesn't take part in those payments. Select the processor under Other processors and enter its credentials so the register can name it.
Sales tax rate
The register charges your business's sales tax rate, which is set in the Sales tax card on the main Settings page rather than here — the Point of Sale settings page links straight to it. Enter it as a percentage (e.g. 8.25 for 8.25%).
This is one rate for your whole business, not just the register. The same rate is used when you confirm a sales order you raised by hand — see Sales Tax on Orders — which is why it lives on the Settings page every account can reach. Changing it changes what new sales are charged; it never restates a sale that already went through.
Charge sales tax on delivery fees, in the same card just below the rate, decides whether a delivery fee on a sales order is taxed along with the goods. It's on by default, and it's fixed on each order when you confirm it — see Tax on a delivery fee.
You are responsible for filing and remitting the collected tax to the appropriate authority. Iraca calculates and records the tax amount but does not file on your behalf.
Tax exemption for wholesale customers
When ringing up a sale for a wholesale customer, you can mark the transaction as tax-exempt:
- Tax exempt — enter the customer's resale certificate number. The certificate is stored against the customer record for future sales.
- Exempt, pending certificate — the sale goes through tax-free but is flagged. You have 30 days to collect the certificate.
- Charge tax — treat the sale as a retail transaction for this order only.