Tip Calculator
Calculate a tip and split the bill among several people, optionally tipping on the pre-tax amount and rounding up.
Your inputs
Results
Each person pays
$49.86
- Tip
- $15.21
- Total with tip
- $99.71
- Tip per person
- $7.61
✓Exact calculation — rounded only for display
What this calculator does
Work out the tip, the total and each person’s share in seconds.
Formula and method
Tip = (bill − tax) × tip %; Total = bill + tip; Per person = total ÷ people (optionally rounded up)
Worked example
Calculated by this tool with its default inputs:
Inputs
- Bill amount: 84.5 (any currency)
- Tip: 18 %
- Tax included in the bill (tip on pre-tax amount): 0 (any currency)
- Number of people: 2
- Round each person’s share up to a whole amount: No
Results
- Each person pays: 49.86
- Tip: 15.21
- Total with tip: 99.71
- Tip per person: 7.61
How to read the results
Rounding up per person may leave a slightly larger total tip.
Assumptions and limitations
- Tipping customs vary widely by country.
Questions
Should I tip on tax?
Customs vary; many people tip on the pre-tax amount.
Methodology and verification
- Result type
- Exact mathematical calculation (rounded only for display)
- Formula version
- 1.0
- Automated verification
- 4 reference and validation test cases, checked against independently computed values. The site cannot be built if any of them fail.
- Editorial review
- Awaiting human editorial review. The explanation was drafted with AI assistance; the formula and examples are verified by the automated tests above.
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