Tip Calculator with Bill Split
Bill, tip rate, and how many ways to split. Live totals with an optional round up.
| Tip amount | |
| Total (bill + tip) | |
| Per-person tip | |
| Per-person total |
What this tool does
Works out the tip and the bill split for any restaurant or bar check. You give it the bill amount, a tip percentage (either a preset or your own number), and how many people are paying. It shows the tip amount, the grand total, and what each person owes, both their share of the tip and their share of the total. An optional round-up makes cash splitting tidy. All calculation happens in your browser; nothing is sent to a server.
How to use it
Type the bill amount. Pick a tip rate with the 15 / 18 / 20 / 25 preset buttons, or type any rate in the custom field. Set how many people are splitting (leave it at 1 if you are paying alone). The results update live as you type. For example, a 50.00 bill at 20 percent split 2 ways gives a 10.00 tip, a 60.00 total, and 30.00 per person. Tick Round each person up to bump each share to the next whole amount.
Common use cases
- Splitting a dinner check evenly across a table of friends.
- Adding a standard restaurant tip without doing the math in your head.
- Working out a fair per-person amount for a group bar tab.
- Rounding each share to whole bills so cash splits cleanly.
- Checking whether a suggested tip on a receipt is the rate you expected.
Common pitfalls
- Pre-tax vs post-tax. Etiquette tips on the pre-tax subtotal, but the receipt total already includes tax. Decide which figure you mean and enter that as the bill; the tool tips on whatever number you give it.
- Uneven appetites. An even split is simplest, but it charges the person who had a salad the same as the person who had steak and three drinks. For lopsided orders, split by actual items first, then apply the tip rate to each share.
- Rounding drift. Rounding each person up raises the effective tip a little, and with a large group the extra can add up. If you want the tip to land on an exact percentage, leave round-up off and settle the odd cents among yourselves.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I calculate a tip?
- Multiply the bill by the tip rate as a decimal. A 20 percent tip on a 50 bill is 50 times 0.20, which is 10. Add that to the bill for the total (60), then divide by the number of people if you are splitting. This tool runs all three steps live as you type, so you never have to reach for a phone calculator at the table.
- What is a normal tip percentage?
- In US table-service restaurants, 15 to 20 percent of the bill is customary, with 18 to 20 percent common for good service. Counter service, delivery, taxis, and salons all have their own conventions, and tipping norms differ a lot between countries. The preset buttons cover the usual US range; use the custom field for anything else.
- Should I tip on the pre-tax or post-tax amount?
- Traditional etiquette figures the tip on the pre-tax subtotal, since sales tax is not part of the service. Plenty of people tip on the post-tax total for simplicity, which adds a little. Enter whichever number you prefer as the bill amount; the arithmetic is identical either way.
- How does splitting the bill work here?
- Enter how many people are sharing and the tool divides the total (bill plus tip) evenly across them. It shows both the per-person tip and the per-person total, so each person knows exactly what to hand over. For a solo diner, set the split to 1 and the per-person figures match the full amounts.
- What does the round up option do?
- When enabled, it rounds each person share up to the next whole currency unit, then recomputes the group total and tip to match. That makes cash splitting easier and nudges the effective tip up a bit. Turn it off when you want exact-to-the-cent figures.
- Does the currency matter?
- No. The tool is currency-agnostic and simply formats every number to two decimals. Pick a symbol from the selector for display only; the math is the same whether you are tipping in dollars, euros, pounds, yen, or anything else. Nothing about the calculation is region-locked.
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