Tip Calculator

About this tool

The Tip Calculator removes the awkward maths from restaurant bill-splitting by giving you the tip amount, the grand total, and a clean per-person share in one pass. Enter the bill, type a tip percentage or tap one of the presets (10, 12, 15, 18, 20 or 25%), and set how many people are splitting — the tool instantly shows the tip, the total, each person's share of the tip, and each person's share of the total. Results update on every keystroke and are shown to two decimal places. The display uses a $ sign, but the arithmetic is the same for any currency, so it works just as well for a euro, pound or rupee bill. Because the maths runs entirely in your browser, it keeps working even when the restaurant's Wi-Fi is unreliable once the page has loaded.

Why use it

• Per-person Total: The tool divides the bill plus tip by the number of diners and shows each person's share to the cent. No one has to do mental arithmetic at the table or argue about who owes what.

• Quick Presets: One-tap buttons for 10, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 25% cover the most common tipping scenarios, and the Tip % field accepts any other rate you want to type.

• Tip Share Shown Separately: Alongside each person's total, the tool shows how much of it is tip, which helps when one person is covering the tip or when you want to check the split.

• Any Currency: The display shows a $ sign, but the calculation is plain arithmetic, so the numbers are correct for dollars, euros, pounds, rupees or yen alike.

• Works on a Weak Connection: Every calculation runs inside the browser with no network request, so poor restaurant Wi-Fi will not interrupt it once the page has loaded.

How to use

1. Enter the bill amount — include tax if you want to tip on the post-tax total
2. Type a tip percentage, or tap a preset button (10, 12, 15, 18, 20 or 25%)
3. Enter the number of people in the Split by field
4. Read the tip amount and total, then each person's tip share and total share

When it helps

• Splitting a restaurant or bar bill equally among multiple diners at the table
• Calculating the appropriate tip for a taxi, ride-share, food delivery, or hotel service
• Tipping in an unfamiliar country where the expected percentage is different from home
• Settling a coffee or casual lunch tip quickly without mental arithmetic
• Organizing a group dinner where each person needs to know their exact cash amount
• Verifying that an automatically added service charge is reasonable before accepting it

Examples

Tips

• In the US, 18–20% on the post-tax total is a safe all-occasion baseline for table service
• In Europe and Japan, a service charge often replaces a tip entirely — read the bill footer first
• For uneven orders, calculate each person's items separately with Split by set to 1
• For a cash split, round the per-person total up yourself so no one needs exact change
• Screenshot the per-person breakdown to share in the group chat for easy split-app reconciliation

Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

Gratuity

Another word for a tip — a voluntary payment made by a customer to a service worker in recognition of good service, above and beyond the stated price.

Service Charge

A mandatory or semi-mandatory fee added by a restaurant or venue, typically shown as a line item on the bill. Unlike a discretionary tip, a service charge is often pooled by management rather than going directly to the server.

Pre-tax Subtotal

The bill amount before sales tax, VAT, or GST is added. In the US, tipping etiquette traditionally uses this figure as the base for calculating a percentage tip.

Post-tax Total

The full amount payable including all taxes added by the establishment. Using this as the tip base results in a slightly larger tip than using the pre-tax subtotal.

Round-up

Rounding an amount upward to the next whole number or convenient increment. In bill-splitting, rounding each person's share up simplifies cash payments and often results in the server receiving a slightly larger tip.

Per-capita

Latin for 'per head' — meaning divided equally by the number of people. A per-capita split assumes each diner owes the same amount regardless of what they individually ordered.