Every "receive money" task requires re-entering the Deposit ticket ID every time. Until update the ticket ID stayed until new ID entered. To be able to reconcile on a daily amount there has to be a Deposit ID. Otherwise you just get a total for the whole month.
You can enter receipts from customers and leave the Deposit Ticket ID blank. Once you have entered all customer payments, go to "Select for Deposit" in the Tasks Menu. This will open a list view of all receipts that have not been assigned a Deposit Ticket ID. Select all of the receipts that you want on the same Deposit Ticket, and make sure you've entered the desired Deposit Ticket ID in the field in the upper right. Once you hit save, that Depsosit Ticket ID will be assigned to each of the transactions that you selected. There is no need to enter it on each customer payment separately.