Tip Calculator
The bill just landed on the table. Enter the total, tap a tip percentage, and set how many people are sharing. The numbers update instantly. No mental arithmetic required. Covers UK and US tipping norms, and has a round-up option so you can land on a clean per-person amount instead of dealing with pennies.
The total before tip
Tip
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Total
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Each person pays
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How to use this calculator
Formula
Tip amount:
Tip = Bill × (Tip% ÷ 100)
Total:
Total = Bill + Tip
Per person:
Per person = Total ÷ Number of people
Round-up effective tip:
Effective tip% = ((Rounded total − Bill) ÷ Bill) × 100
Worked examples
Group of 4: £120 bill, 15% tip
Tip: £120 × 15% = £18 · Total: £138 · Per person: £34.50
2 people: £85 bill, 12.5% tip
Tip: £10.63 · Total: £95.63 · Per person: £47.81
Rounded up: £48 each → total £96 → effective tip 12.94%
Solo: $55 bill, 20% tip (US)
Tip: $11.00 · Total: $66.00
How it works
The calculation is straightforward: multiply the bill by the tip percentage to get the tip amount, add that to the bill to get the total, then divide by the number of people. Where it gets useful is with awkward numbers. A group of three sharing a bill with a 12.5% tip produces per-person amounts that nobody wants to work out mentally at a restaurant table.
The round-up option solves the pennies problem. If each person owes £34.17, rounding up to £35 is both easier and slightly more generous. The calculator shows the effective tip percentage after rounding so you can see exactly what the staff are getting, which will be slightly above the selected rate.
| UK setting | Typical tip |
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| Restaurant (good service) | 10–12.5% |
| Restaurant (exceptional) | 15%+ |
| Taxi | Round up to nearest £ |
| Hair salon | 10–15% |
| Food delivery | £2–£3 flat |
| US setting | Typical tip |
|---|---|
| Restaurant (adequate service) | 15% |
| Restaurant (good service) | 20% |
| Restaurant (exceptional) | 25%+ |
| Rideshare / taxi | 15–20% |
| Hotel housekeeping | $2–$5 per night |
Common uses
- Restaurant bills: working out how much to tip and what each person owes at the end of a meal
- Bar tabs: splitting a round or an evening's drinks between a group
- Taxis and rideshares: quickly calculating a tip on a fare before you arrive
- Hair salons and spas: working out an appropriate gratuity for a treatment
- Hotel stays: calculating housekeeping tips across multiple nights
- Food delivery: seeing the tip amount before confirming an order
- Business meals: expensing the correct tip-inclusive amount for a client dinner
- Large group bookings: pre-calculating the per-person cost including tip so everyone knows before they sit down
Frequently asked questions
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Multiply the bill total by your chosen tip percentage, then divide by 100. For a 15% tip on a £60 bill: 60 × 15 ÷ 100 = £9. Add that to the bill and the total comes to £69. For a split between multiple people, divide the tip-inclusive total by the number of diners. The calculator above handles all of this automatically.
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Between 10 and 12.5% is the most common range for restaurant tipping in the UK. 10% reflects satisfactory service; 12.5% is a step above that. Tipping is not expected in the same way as in the US, and leaving nothing for poor service is widely accepted. If a discretionary service charge is already on the bill, many people choose not to add anything further.
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15 to 20% is standard for sit-down restaurant service. 15% is the general minimum for adequate service, and 20% is a common and comfortable choice for good service. 25% or more signals an exceptional experience. Leaving below 15% is typically read as a negative signal. For other services like rideshares and hair salons, 15 to 20% is again the usual range.
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In the US, most people calculate the tip on the pre-tax amount, though tipping on the total including sales tax is also common. Either approach is accepted. In the UK, prices are displayed with VAT already included in the figure shown, so the question does not arise in the same way.
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Not necessarily. A service charge of 10 to 12.5% is already a meaningful addition. Whether you add anything on top is entirely your decision. If the service was good and you want to make sure the staff benefit directly, leaving a small cash tip alongside is one way to do that.
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Last reviewed: May 2026