The boss will go to jail if the cashier fails to sign the payment, depending on the specific circumstances.

If the company's legal person gives instructions over the phone or the cashier reports to the legal person, and the legal person agrees, the signature can be reissued afterwards. Otherwise, if the legal person pays in advance without the cashier's signature, it violates the financial system, and the cashier will bear relevant legal responsibilities. And if the amount is large and causes losses to the company, it is very likely that the company will hold the cashier accountable for compensation and criminal liability. Even if no losses are caused, the cashier may be dismissed or fired from the company.

Possible responsibilities that the boss may bear if the cashier fails to sign the payment: 1. If you have a contract and are an old customer, there is generally nothing wrong with the transfer. However, if it is not signed by the supervisor, it is an internal management issue and may only Be punished by the unit; 2. If there is no contract and no trading habits, civil legal liability shall be investigated according to the specific circumstances of the transfer without authorization; 3. If the amount involved is relatively large and the circumstances are serious, the person may be criminally liable for corruption or misappropriation of public funds.

Legal Basis

Article 504 of the "People's Republic of China and Civil Code" A contract entered into ultra vires shall be valid if the legal representative of a legal person or the person in charge of an unincorporated organization exceeds Unless the counterparty knows or should know that the representative's behavior exceeds his authority, the contract will be effective for legal persons or unincorporated organizations.

Article 382 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China: Crime of Corruption: State functionaries take advantage of their positions to embezzle, steal, defraud or illegally possess public property by other means. Property is a crime of corruption.

Personnel who are entrusted by state agencies, state-owned companies, enterprises, institutions, and people's organizations to manage and operate state-owned property take advantage of their positions to embezzle, steal, defraud, or illegally possess state-owned property by other means. , on the basis of corruption.

Those who collude with the persons listed in the previous two paragraphs and engage in corruption shall be punished as criminal offenders.

Article 384 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: The crime of misappropriation of public funds: State functionaries take advantage of their positions to misappropriate public funds for personal use, carry out illegal activities, or misappropriate public funds Anyone who engages in profit-making activities with a relatively large amount, or who embezzles a large amount of public funds and fails to repay them for more than three months, is guilty of misappropriation of public funds and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. Whoever misappropriates a huge amount of public funds and fails to return it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than ten years or life imprisonment.

Whoever misappropriates funds and materials used for disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood prevention, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, and relief for personal use shall be severely punished.