Tip: $15.55
Total: $101.95
Per person: $25.49 / $25.49 / $25.49 / $25.48
Per-person amounts always add up to exactly the total ($101.95). Any rounding remainder is spread one cent at a time.
About the tip and bill split calculator
The tip and bill split calculator turns a restaurant check into a fair per-person amount. Enter the bill before tax, the tip percent you want to leave, and how many people are paying, and it shows the tip, the grand total, and what each person owes right away.
It handles the awkward part of splitting a check: when the total does not divide evenly, it spreads the leftover cents one at a time so the per-person amounts still add up to exactly the total. The calculation runs in your browser, with no signup and no app to install.
How to use
- Enter the bill amount before tax in the bill field.
- Set the tip percent you want to leave, for example 18 or 20.
- Enter how many people are splitting the check.
- Optionally add a tax amount in dollars if you want it included in the total.
- Choose a rounding mode if you want the grand total rounded to the nearest or next whole dollar.
- Read the tip, total, and per-person amounts, which update as you change any field.
Worked examples
$86.40 bill, 18% tip, 4 people = $25.49 each
A dinner for four with an 18 percent tip splits evenly to the cent for each person.
$100 total split 3 ways = $33.34, $33.33, $33.33
When the total will not divide cleanly, one person picks up the extra cent so the parts still sum to exactly 100 dollars.
$50 bill, 20% tip, tax $4.13 = $64.13 total
Tip is figured on the 50 dollar pre-tax bill, then the tax you enter is added on top of the total.
Frequently asked questions
- How is the per-person split calculated?
- The calculator adds the tip, which is figured on the pre-tax bill, plus any tax you enter, applies your rounding choice to the total, then divides by the number of people. Leftover cents are handed out one at a time so the shares add up to exactly the total.
- Does it split unevenly when the total does not divide cleanly?
- Yes. A 100 dollar total split three ways becomes 33.34, 33.33, and 33.33, which sums to exactly 100.00. No cent is dropped or invented, so the table is covered exactly.
- Is the tip calculated on the pre-tax or post-tax amount?
- On the pre-tax bill, which is the common convention. If you enter a tax amount it is added to the total but is not tipped on, so the tip reflects only the food and drink.
- Do I have to enter tax?
- No. The tax field is optional. Leave it blank and the calculator works from the bill and tip alone. Fill it in when you want the per-person amounts to cover tax as well.
- What do the rounding options do?
- No rounding keeps the exact total. Round to nearest dollar moves the total to the closest whole dollar, and round up sends it to the next whole dollar. The chosen total is then split across the group with cents balanced to match.
- Can different people pay different amounts?
- The calculator splits one shared check as evenly as the cents allow, so amounts differ by at most a penny. It does not assign separate items to separate people, so a true itemized split is outside what it does.
- Does this send my numbers anywhere?
- No. The split is worked out on the spot in the page, and the bill, tip, and party size you enter are never uploaded.
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