Work out exactly how much each person owes on a shared bill, including tip and tax, either split evenly or split by the items each person had.
Each item is shared equally by the number of people you set on its row. Tip and tax are then allocated to each person in proportion to the items they shared.
Advanced: examples and currency
The green part is the food and drinks, the amber part is the tip and the red part is the tax. Together they make the grand total that everyone shares.
| Person | Items / share | Tip share | Tax share | Total owed |
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In even mode every person owes the same amount. Switch to split by item to give each person their own itemised share.
For beginners: how to read this result
Describe the task to the AI assistant and continue from the result.
Open AI assistant →To get a result, pick a split method and enter your figures, or load one of the example buttons in the advanced section. The headline shows what each person pays and the table below gives a per-person breakdown.
The two split methods
The split-method toggle changes which input fields appear, so only the relevant ones are on screen.
- Split evenly — you enter the total bill amount and the number of people. The bill, tip and tax are added into a grand total and divided equally, so everyone pays the same amount.
- Split by item — you build an editable list of items, and for each item you set its price and how many people shared it. The bill is the sum of all item prices; each person’s items subtotal is their share of every item they took part in.
How the math works
Tip is calculated on the food and drinks subtotal, before tax: tip equals the subtotal multiplied by the tip rate divided by 100. Tax works the same way on the subtotal. The grand total is the subtotal plus the tip plus the tax. When splitting evenly, the grand total is simply divided by the number of people. When splitting by item, each item’s price is divided by the number of people who shared it, and a person’s items subtotal is the sum of all those shares. Tip and tax are then allocated to each person in proportion to the value of items they had, so a person who ordered more also covers a larger slice of the tip and tax.
The per-person breakdown table
The breakdown table lists every person with their share of the bill, their share of the tip, their share of the tax and the total they owe. The final row totals all people back to the grand total. In even mode the colour bar above the table also shows how the grand total divides into bill, tip and tax.
What is not included
This is an arithmetic estimate based only on the figures you enter. It does not look up local sales tax rates and does not handle service charges added by the venue, discounts, coupons, loyalty rewards or separate minimums on drinks. Tip is always taken on the pre-tax subtotal. Per-person totals are rounded to two decimals, so they can differ from the exact grand total by a cent. Always check the actual amounts on your receipt before paying.
