Online Tip Calculator

The tip calculator is a simple tool developed to help individuals find the appropriate amount of tip to leave for services provided, dining at a restaurant, taking a taxi, or hiring a person. This tip calculator considers the total bill amount, the percentage you wish to tip, and the number of people sharing the bill (if applicable).

How to calculate tip manually

Calculating a tip manually is a simple and straightforward process that needs only basic math skills. Here is a detailed step-by-step guide to help you calculate tips manually with 100% precision.

Step 1: The first step in calculating tips manually is to find out the total amount bill before any additional taxes or service charges. This is the base number you will use for this calculation.

Step 2: Next decide the percentage you would like to tip. Common tipping percentages are 15%, 18%, and 20%. If you are unsure about the appropriate percentage consider factors about staff attention, complexity of the service, and special accommodations.

Step 3: To perform the calculation convert the tip percentage into the decimal form. For example; 15% becomes 0.15, 18% becomes 0.18 and 20% becomes 0.20.

Step 4: Multiply the total bill amount by the decimal value of your chosen tip percentage. For example; if the bill amount is $75 and you want to leave a 20% tip, the calculation would be 75 x 0.20 = 15. So the tip amount is $15.

Step 5:  Once you calculate the tip amount, add this value to the original payment. Using the previous example: the bill amount is $75 tip is $15 so the total payment is $75 + $15 = $90.

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Table 1 shows tipping recommendations for various services, with suggested tip amounts as percentages or fixed values.

Formula for simple tip calculation

The formula for calculating a tip is very simple:

Tip Amount = Bill Amount × (Tip Percentage/100)

Where: bill amount is the cost of the service provided and tip percentage is the amount of money you choose to give.

The total bill is $120
You decide to tip 20%
Amount: 120 × 0.20 = 24
Total: 120 + 24 = 144

The total bill is $45
You decide to tip 15%
Amount: 45 × 0.15 = 6.75
Total: 45 + 6.75 = 51.75

How much to tip for a service

The tipping percentage varies based on service and location. Here’s a general guideline:

Standard Service: 15% is the basic tip percentage for an okay service. If everything was fine but not amazing, 15% is a good tip to leave. It is considered as a standard in most situation and countries. 

Good Service: If you server was friendly, attentive and made your experience pleasant tipping 18% is a very nice way to show your appreciation. It is just a little extra for doing better than average.

Excellent Service: If the service was really great-like they went out of their way to help you, remembered special requests, or made your stay special, leaving 20% is a great idea.

Poor Service: If the service was really bad like slow service, mistakes, forgot your orders you might want to leave less tip like 10% or even nothing.

Country Tip % Currency Payment Methods Service Charge

Table 2 shows tipping practices in 25 top visited countries, tip percentages, currencies, payment methods, and service charge policies.

How to use this tip calculator

Step 1: Start the tip calculation by inputting the total bill amount, including taxes and additional services charges if applicable.

Step 2: Choose the percentage of amount you would like to tip. Most common tip percentages are 15%, 18%, 20% but you can also enter any percentage you would like to tip.

Step 3: If you are sharing the bill with multiple people, enter the number of people splitting the bill to evenly divide the total amount including the tip amount.

1. How much should I tip in the USA?

In the USA 15–20% is the standard for most services, especially in restaurants. 

For a $100 dinner, a standard tip would be: 15% tip: $15, 18% tip: $18, 20% tip: $20.

Yes, $50 per mover is considered a generous tip.