How to split a bill, step by step
Start here: the core how-tos for splitting a check by what everyone actually ordered, and spreading tax, tip, and service fairly.
How to use Tab Tender: a complete step-by-step walkthrough
Everything from importing a receipt to assigning items, sharing, collecting payments, reconciling, and using balances, trips, households, feed, and insights.
9 min readHow to split a bar tab fairly (without doing math at the table)
Three fair ways to split a shared bar tab — evenly, by what each person drank, or by rounds — plus how to handle tax, tip, and surcharges.
4 min readHow to split an itemized restaurant bill by who ordered what
Dividing a restaurant check evenly overcharges the people who ordered less. Here's how to split an itemized bill fairly, including shared dishes.
3 min readThe fair way to split tax and tip on a group bill
Splitting the tip evenly is the most common bill-splitting mistake. Here's why proportional tax and tip is fairer, with a worked example.
3 min readHow to handle prepayments, rounds, and discounts when splitting
Real groups have prepaid Ubers, bought rounds, coupons, and comped birthday meals. Here's how to keep the split fair and the total balanced.
2 min readHow to split a bill in a different currency (trips abroad)
Splitting a bill in euros, pounds, or yen on a trip? Here's how to split a foreign-currency check fairly, keep multi-currency trip totals straight, and pay each other back across borders.
3 min readHow to split a bill when not everyone has the app
You don't need everyone to download an app or make an account to split a bill. Here's how to split a check and collect everyone's share with nothing but a shared link.
3 min readNever got the receipt? How to get a copy days later (and split the bill)
Days later and you never got the receipt? How to get an itemized copy after the fact — from your texts, the venue's POS (Toast, Square, Clover), or your card app.
4 min readHow to split a dinner bill with a group
The fair, fast way to split a dinner bill with friends — handle shared appetizers and drinks, divide tax and tip right, deal with one card paying, and send everyone their exact share.
3 min readBill split calculator: how to calculate who owes what
How to calculate each person's share of a bill — the simple formula for splitting tax and tip proportionally, a worked example, and a free calculator that does it for you.
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