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.
5 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.
3 min readQR code to split the bill: let everyone join without an app
Skip "what's the link?" at the table. Show a QR code and everyone scans to see their share and pay — no app to download, no account to make. Here's how it works.
2 min readHow to read and split a Toast digital receipt
Got a Toast receipt link by text or email? Here's how to read it and split the itemized bill with friends in seconds — every line, tax, and tip pulled in automatically.
2 min readHow to read and split a Square digital receipt
Got a Square receipt link by text or email? Here's how to read it and split the itemized bill with friends in seconds, with every line, tax, and tip pulled in automatically.
2 min readAI bill splitter: the app that scans your receipt and splits the bill by item
An AI bill splitter scans your receipt and splits the check by who actually had what. Here's how receipt-scanning split apps work, how accurate they are, and how to use one for free.
5 min readHow to split household bills fairly when incomes differ
Splitting rent and bills 50/50 isn't always fair when partners or roommates earn very differently. Here's how to split household costs proportionally to income — with a worked example.
2 min readHow to check bar and restaurant prices before you go out
Menus rarely tell you what a night will actually cost. Here's how to find real bar and restaurant prices before you go out, what the listed price leaves off, and how to build a price record from your own receipts.
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