Mess contracts & headcount
Keep each site you feed on contract (a labour camp, a project site, a hospital or school canteen) once: the client, the rate per head before VAT of each meal served there and the minimum heads billed on each day it is served, with a 7, 14, 21 or 28-day menu cycle. Record every day's headcount, and bill each closed month with Bill month: one sales invoice with a line per meal, each day's heads (or the minimum when it is higher) at the rate, unpaid and reported to ZATCA from the invoice like any other. The board shows today's heads, the month to date, the days with no headcount, the months to bill and tomorrow's meals for the kitchen. Part of the Mess contracts & headcount add-on for catering & mess services.
Steps
- Open Mess contracts & headcount and press New mess contract. Pick the client, type the site, the start date and the menu cycle, and add each meal served there with the product it is billed as, the rate per head before VAT and the minimum heads billed (0 for none).
- Every day press Headcount on the site's row and type the heads fed at each meal. The board's Tomorrow's meals card tells the kitchen how many to cook.
- When a month closes, the contract shows Month to bill. Press Bill month: the invoice opens; report it to ZATCA and take the payment from it as usual. The month's headcounts are then locked.
Tips
- Set a contract to Paused for a school holiday or while the site stops: no headcount is expected and the missing-days count stays at zero.
- Type the menu of each day of the cycle on the contract; the contract page shows today's menu day and dishes for the kitchen.
In the app, press F1 or ? on this screen to open this guide next to your work.
This guide belongs to the Mess contracts & headcount module. Learn more
Related guides
More guides in Sales
- Sales invoices
- Quotations
- Proforma invoices
- Sales returns (credit notes)
- Delivery notes
- Quotation returns
- Sales payments
- Sales return payments
- Sales cash discounts
- ZATCA e-invoicing (Phase 2)
- Printing and the Print Center
- Seals and signatures on printed documents
- Property listings
- Viewings & requirements
- Deals & commissions
- Tenancy contracts
- Water delivery
- Order types & busy hours
- Kitchen display
- QR table ordering
- Reservations & waitlist
- Waiter ordering
- Online stores
- Tailoring orders due
- Work orders
- Staff commission
- Service reminders
- Oil change appointments
- Shipping your sales
- Carrier accounts and rates
- Vehicle QR sticker
- Gym memberships
- Station sessions
- Room register
- Room rack
- Guest folios
- Housekeeping
- Night audit
- Booking channels
- Banquets & events
- Prescription history
- Prescriptions
- Insurance claims
- Drug tracking (SFDA RSD)
- Fleet calendar
- Shipments dashboard
- Showroom orders & fittings
- Vehicle deals & delivery
- Recurring contracts
- Screen network & AMC
- Site surveys & LED sizing
- DOOH airtime booking
- Screen & LED rental
- Wards & beds
- Lab & radiology
- OT schedule
- Pre-authorisations
- Malta fiscal receipts
- Fiscal receipts (Zambia and Tanzania)
- Cyprus VIES
- Estonia KMD INF
- Lithuania i.SAF
- North Macedonia fiscal devices
- Certified cash register (Sweden, Norway, Latvia)
- Fiscal receipts (Central Asia and Mongolia)
- Fiscal device link
- Central Europe fiscal & e-invoicing
- Reception: taking tokens
- Counter console
- Promotions & coupons
- Loyalty points
- Gift cards
- Customer wallets
- Cash shifts and Z reports
Still need help?
Our team answers in Arabic and English by email and phone.