Tip calculator

What this calculator does

It takes a percentage of the bill, adds it to the amount, and divides the result equally between the people paying. If you enter a sales tax rate, the tax is added to the total once, and you choose whether the tip percentage is taken on the bill before tax or on the bill including tax. Picking a country changes three things: the suggested tip levels, the currency shown on the bill, and the short note about local custom. Nothing is looked up automatically — the bill, the percentage, the tax rate, the party size, and the rounding are all yours to set.

How to use it

1. Enter the amount on the bill, before sales tax. Where tax is already in the menu price, that is simply the bill as printed.
2. Pick the country you are in. The suggested levels and the currency follow it.
3. Tap one of the common levels, or type your own percentage.
4. Set how many people are splitting the bill.
5. Enter the sales tax rate, or leave it at 0 if the bill already includes tax.
6. Choose whether the tip is taken on the bill before tax or on the bill including tax.
7. Choose a rounding option if you would rather round the total, or each share, up to a whole amount.
8. Read the total, the tip, the tip per person, and what each person owes.

Tipping rules country by country

Tipping is a custom, not a rule, and the custom is what changes when you cross a border. In some countries a tip tops up a wage; in others the price on the menu is already the full price and a tip is simply a thank you. That difference is why the same 20% can read as normal in one city and excessive in another.

• United States: Choose a tip percentage and check for a separate service charge first. Under federal rules, employers using a tip credit must make up any shortfall to the applicable minimum wage. A mandatory service charge is not a tip under those rules.
• Germany: Tips paid voluntarily by a customer to an employee, without a legal entitlement and in addition to the service price, are tax-exempt under section 3 no. 51 EStG. The preset percentages are amounts you can compare.
• Spain: The menu price is the final price including taxes, so nothing is missing from the bill. A tip is a voluntary extra: small change, or up to about 10% after a good meal.
• Denmark: Service is included in restaurant prices. VisitDenmark says tips are optional and gives no fixed percentage. Choose an extra amount only if you want to.

Popular holiday destinations

Choose among 22 countries to set the currency and compare tip amounts. The notes distinguish published visitor guidance from optional calculator presets. Customs vary by city and venue; check the bill for service charges.

• United Kingdom: Visit London suggests 10–15% for restaurant service when no service charge is included. Its London guidance says many restaurants add 12.5%, so check the bill before tipping again.
• France: Where a restaurant charges service, French rules require it in the displayed price and marked prix service compris. A tip is voluntary; rounding up or a small extra is your choice.
• Netherlands: A tip is not a requirement. You can round up or choose one of the comparison levels; Dutch tourism guidance says about 10% is not unusual for excellent service.
• Austria: Vienna tourism guidance suggests 5–10%. Check whether a tip is already included before adding more. The calculator also lets you compare other percentages.
• Portugal: Tipping is discretionary and modest. Rounding up, or leaving 5–10% at a sit-down restaurant, covers it.
• Italy: Italy’s official tourism site says tipping is optional, with no fixed rules. It describes about 10% as customary when you are happy with the service. Check the bill before adding an extra amount.
• Greece: Athens visitor guidance suggests 10–15% in cafés and restaurants. Elsewhere, use the levels as comparison choices and check the bill before adding anything.
• Croatia: Croatia uses the euro. The levels are comparison choices; read the bill and decide whether an extra amount suits the service and venue.
• Sweden: Tipping is welcome but not expected. You can round up, choose 10%, or leave nothing; a service charge, where used, should be shown on the bill.
• Norway: Tipping is uncommon overall. If you are pleased in a bar or restaurant, Visit Norway places voluntary tips within 5–15%; otherwise leave nothing.
• Poland: The official Łódź visitor guide describes about 10% as usual, with no rigid rule. Check the bill for a service charge before choosing an extra amount.
• Czechia: VisitCzechia describes about 10% as usual in restaurants. The calculator shows amounts in Czech koruna and also lets you compare other percentages.
• Hungary: Check for a separate szervizdíj service charge. Keep any charge you owe in the payment total and decide separately whether to add a voluntary tip.
• Bulgaria: Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026. The levels are comparison choices, so check the bill and decide what suits the service.
• Turkey: Use the levels as comparison choices rather than a rule. Check the bill for any listed charge before deciding whether to add anything.
• Egypt: Use the levels as comparison choices and check the bill for a listed charge before adding anything. The calculator does not know how a venue shares a charge with staff.
• Thailand: Use the levels as comparison choices and check the bill for any charge before adding an extra amount.
• Japan: Tipping is not customary and can cause confusion — attentive service is part of the price. Leaving 0% is the right answer here.

A worked example

These are two separate examples, both with the tax rate set to 0; neither is a currency conversion. In the United States, a $60 bill with an 18% tip adds $10.80, giving a total of $70.80 — $35.40 each if two people split it. Separately, in Denmark, a 60-krone bill with a 5% tip adds 3 kroner, giving a total of 63 kroner — 31.50 kroner each.

Tipping before or after sales tax

When sales tax is added after the menu price, there are two possible bases for the tip: the bill before tax, or the bill plus tax. Enter the amount before tax and the tax rate. The before/after-tax setting decides only which amount the tip percentage is applied to. The tax itself is added to the total once in either case.

Take a $60 bill with 8% sales tax, an 18% tip and two people. Tax is $4.80. Tipping before tax takes 18% of $60, which is $10.80, for a total of $75.60 — $37.80 each. Tipping after tax takes 18% of $64.80, which is $11.66, for a total of $76.46 — $38.23 each. The difference in the total is $0.86. Choose the basis you want; the calculator shows the result either way.

In most of Europe the question does not arise. VAT is already inside the menu price by law, so the bill you are handed is the whole amount: leave the tax rate at 0, and the pre/post-tax choice makes no difference to the answer at all.

Rounding up instead of a percentage

You can round up the total or each person’s share. For example, a $60 bill with no added tax and an 18% tip totals $70.80. Rounding the total to the next dollar makes it $71, with an $11 tip: 18.33% of the $60 base. The effective percentage always uses your selected base before or after tax.

Common mistakes

• Subtracting a service charge that you still owe and forgetting to add it back to the final payment.
• Taking a US percentage abroad. Twenty percent in Copenhagen or Madrid is far above what anyone expects.
• Using different tip percentages on individual shares and expecting the same total as one percentage on the whole bill.
• Accepting whatever a card terminal suggests. Those defaults are set by the venue, not by local custom.
• Entering a tax-inclusive bill and then also filling in a tax rate. That charges the tax twice. Type the pre-tax amount, or leave the rate at 0.
• Assuming the split covers an uneven share. Everyone here pays the same amount; the calculator does not divide a bill by what each person ordered.

When it is useful

Dinner with friends when the bill needs splitting, a work trip where the local custom is unfamiliar, a taxi or a hotel where you want a sensible number quickly, and the moment when a card terminal is waiting and you would rather not do the arithmetic in your head.