Tip and split calculator: tip, tax and bill splitting

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About the tip and split calculator

This calculator works out the tip on a restaurant bill, adds optional tax, and splits the total between people. Pick a tip preset, choose Custom and type your own percentage, then choose how many people are sharing. If everyone ordered different amounts, switch to By order and enter each person's share before tax and tip. Rounding can raise each share or the whole total to a clean amount. Every amount is held in whole cents, so the shares always add up to the exact total.

How to split a bill with a tip

  1. Enter the bill amount and pick your currency.
  2. Add the tax rate if the bill does not include it yet.
  3. Choose a tip with the presets or the Custom option.
  4. Set the number of people, or switch to By order and enter each person's share.
  5. Choose a rounding option if you want clean amounts, then read what each person pays.

Frequently asked questions

How do I calculate a tip?

Multiply the bill by the tip percentage and divide by 100. A 18% tip on 86.40 is 86.40 × 18 / 100 = 15.55. Add it to the bill (and the tax, if any) to get the total. The presets set the percentage for you, or you can choose Custom and type any value.

How do I split a bill and tip evenly?

Add the tip and tax to the bill, then divide the total by the number of people. 101.95 split four ways is 25.49 each with one cent left over. The calculator shows the leftover: three people pay 25.49 and one pays 25.48, so the shares add up to the exact total.

Should the tip be calculated before or after tax?

Etiquette varies. Many people tip on the pre-tax bill, because tax is not part of the service. Others tip on the bill with tax because it is quicker. If you enter a tax rate, choose which one you want under the tax field.

What do the rounding options do?

No rounding keeps the exact amounts. Round up each person's share raises every share to the next whole unit of currency, so each person pays a clean amount and the tip grows slightly. Round the total up raises the whole bill to the next whole unit and splits that. The note under the result shows the new tip.

How does an uneven split work?

Choose Uneven and type what each person ordered before tax. Tax and tip are shared in proportion to each person's order, so someone who ordered twice as much pays twice the tax and tip. The shares always add up to the exact total.

Why work in cents instead of decimals?

Computers store decimals like 0.1 as binary approximations, so sums such as 0.1 + 0.2 come out slightly off. This calculator turns every amount into whole cents (or whole yen for currencies without cents) and only does whole-number arithmetic, so results are exact and rounded half up.

Does the currency change the calculation?

Only the symbol and the number of decimals. Yen and won have no minor unit, so amounts are whole numbers. The rates and rounding are the same for every currency. Pick No symbol if you want plain numbers.

Is my data sent anywhere?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Your numbers are kept in the page address so you can bookmark or share a split.