Tip Calculator
Calculate tip amount, total bill, and split per person.
Written by Anil Gautam · Updated
How does the tip calculator split a bill?
The tip is the bill multiplied by the percentage, the total is the bill plus the tip, and each share is the total divided by the number of people. With the starting values, a ₹2,500 bill, a 10% tip and 2 people, the tip is ₹250, the total ₹2,750 and each share ₹1,375. The tip box takes any percentage, including decimals such as 12.5, and a people count below 1 is treated as 1.
All three results are rounded to whole rupees, so the shares can differ from the total by a rupee or two. Split the same ₹2,750 three ways and each share shows ₹917, although the exact figure is ₹916.67, so three people paying ₹917 hand over ₹2,751.
How do you tip on the amount before tax?
The percentage applies to whatever you type as the bill. If the bill shows ₹2,000 for food and ₹100 of tax, entering the full ₹2,100 gives a 10% tip of ₹210, while entering ₹2,000 gives ₹200. In the second case the total on screen leaves out the tax, so add the ₹100 back yourself for ₹2,300 in all.
Look for a service charge line before you pick a percentage. A tip calculated on a bill that already includes one is added on top of that charge: with a 10% service charge of ₹200 on ₹2,000 of food, a further 10% tip on the ₹2,200 bill adds ₹220, so the extras come to ₹420.
What if people ordered very different amounts?
The split is always even. When one person's order is much larger, run the calculator once per person: enter that person's own subtotal, the same tip percentage and a people count of 1. Each run gives that person's tip and total, and the totals add up to the whole bill plus tip, apart from rounding.
To find the percentage after rounding a payment up, work backwards. If you pay ₹3,000 on a ₹2,650 bill, the extra ₹350 is 13.21% of the bill, which the Percentage Calculator shows directly in its X as % of Y mode. Going forward, a 12% tip on ₹2,500 gives a round total of ₹2,800. The ₹ sign is fixed, but the arithmetic is the same for dollars, euros or any other currency, and everything is worked out in your browser as you type.