— For the restaurant accountant or controller
What should a restaurant do when one marketplace payout contains transactions from two accounting months?
How to handle delivery payouts that cross month-end
Use transaction-level dates to assign sales, fees, promotions, refunds, and adjustments to the appropriate activity month, while keeping the finalized payout ID intact for bank clearing. The month-end schedule should show the portion earned but not yet deposited and the portion from the prior month included in the current deposit.
Do not split the actual bank transaction into invented deposits. Instead, maintain a subledger that connects monthly activity to the real payout. DoorDash specifically notes that payout periods can straddle months, which is why monthly statements and deposits dated in the month can differ.
— What working formula does this answer use?
Month activity + opening unsettled balance − closing unsettled balance = cash assigned to the month
— Field checks
- 01Assign transactions by the approved cutoff rule.
- 02Keep payout IDs intact for cash matching.
- 03Roll unsettled balances by platform and store.
— Evidence to keep
- • Transaction-level dates
- • Finalized payout composition
- • Month-end bank activity
Sources checked August 21, 2026. Independent operational guidance—not marketplace-endorsed legal, tax, or accounting advice. Read the evidence and corrections standard.