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Split the Bill Calculator

Tip, total and what each person owes — including uneven splits.

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Something one person is covering alone — a bottle of wine, a birthday cake.

Results update as you type. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Each person pays —
Rounded up to a sensible note — Easier to hand over. The rounding difference goes to the tip.
Total to pay —
Tip —
The person covering the extra pays —

How this is worked out

The tip is applied to the bill, the result is divided by the number of people, and anything one person is covering alone is taken out of the shared pot first and added back onto their own share.

The rounded line exists because the exact figure is almost never a convenient amount to hand over. Rounding each share up to the next whole unit adds a little to the tip and makes the table's arithmetic disappear.

One thing worth knowing: whether a service charge is already on the bill varies by country and by restaurant, and adding a tip on top of an included service charge is a common accident. Check the bottom of the receipt before entering a tip percentage.

A worked example

A bill of 128.40, a 10% tip, split four ways:

  • Total: 141.24
  • Each person: 35.31
  • Rounded: 36 each, which brings the total to 144 and quietly raises the tip to about 12%

Now suppose one person is covering a 30 bottle of wine for the table. The remaining 111.24 splits four ways at 27.81 each, and the person who bought the wine pays 57.81 in total.

What this doesn't cover

  • Tipping conventions differ enormously by country. In much of Europe a service charge is often included and rounding up is normal; in the United States a substantially larger tip is customary. This calculator does not assume any convention — you set the percentage.
  • It splits evenly. If people ate very differently, an even split may not be the fair one, and no calculator can settle that.

Common questions

Should the tip be on the amount before or after tax?

Both are done. Tipping on the pre-tax amount is slightly more common where sales tax is added at the till, but the difference is small and nobody will scrutinise it. Enter whichever figure you prefer as the bill total.

What if the card machine asks for a tip percentage too?

Then enter zero here and let the machine apply it, or you will tip twice. Card terminals sometimes calculate on the post-tax total, which is why the suggested amounts can look higher than expected.

How do we handle someone who only had a drink?

Take their item out of the bill total, split what remains, and have them pay their own amount. The extra field does the same job in reverse when one person is covering something for everyone.

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