Is your SNAP/EBT income actually reconciling β or just landing in 'other revenue'?
Most generalist bookkeepers dump EBT settlements and ATM income into miscellaneous buckets. That's both a compliance problem (USDA SNAP retailer rules) and a margin problem (ATM surcharge is high-margin income that should be tracked separately). Our ATM income tracking and convenience store accounting handles each stream with its own ledger β reconciled, classified, and audit-ready.
The Problem
Why SNAP/EBT & ATM gets misreported
- 01 EBT settles on a different timeline than card sales β the daily POS-to-bank match breaks if it's not handled separately.
- 02 ATM surcharge income is high-margin, but if it's lumped with cash sales the margin disappears in the blended P&L.
- 03 USDA SNAP retailer rules require activity-level documentation; sloppy books fail an audit.
- 04 Money order and check-cashing activity layered on top makes the reconciliation worse β and exposes you to BSA/AML risk if it's not clean.
- 05 ATM income tracking requires separating vault cash movement (not revenue) from surcharge fees (revenue) β most gas station bookkeepers don't make this distinction.
- 06 Without proper convenience store accounting for EBT income, gas station owners risk USDA SNAP retailer disqualification β which means losing the ability to accept EBT altogether.
What's Included
Exactly what you get
Every piece of work delivered as part of this service. No "we'll figure that out" β the scope is the scope.
How We Do It
The actual process β step by step
Pull EBT & ATM data
EBT settlement reports, ATM vault loads, surcharge reports, POS exports β pulled monthly (or daily for high-volume sites). This is ATM income tracking and EBT reconciliation at the detail level.
Reconcile each stream separately
EBT is its own ledger. ATM surcharge is its own. Money order liability is its own. No lumping into 'other revenue' β our convenience store accounting keeps each stream clean.
Compliance hygiene
USDA SNAP retailer records kept tidy, BSA/AML notes flagged where money order or check-cashing volume requires. This is c-store bookkeeping that protects your license.
Monthly report
EBT %, ATM surcharge per machine, money order float, exception flags β one page. ATM income tracking and EBT reconciliation in a format gas station owners can act on.
Your cash-intensive income is reconciled, audit-ready, and visible β so you stop losing margin in 'other revenue' and stop sweating the next compliance review.
β what owners typically say after the first full month
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