## Restaurant Tip Pool Calculator

URL: https://minimalpos.com/tools/tip-pool-calculator

Work out who gets what from a shift's tips. Split by hours worked, so someone who did a double gets proportionally more, or by points, so a section server and a busser can be weighted differently. Add your team, enter the pool, and the split updates as you type.

### Features

- Split by hours worked or by weighted role points
- Unlimited staff rows with per-person roles
- Live per-person share and percentage of the pool
- Optional tip-out to kitchen or support staff, taken off the top
- Rounding check so the parts always add back to the pool

### How it relates to MinimalPOS

A fair split depends on knowing exactly who worked and for how long. MinimalPOS tracks staff accounts, roles and shift activity, so the hours behind this calculation come from the system rather than from memory at the end of a long night.

**Should tips be split by hours or by points?** Hours is the simplest and easiest to defend: everyone in the pool earns the same rate per hour worked. Points is better when roles contribute differently — a section server might be 1.0, a runner 0.7, a busser 0.5. Pick one, write it down, and apply it consistently.

**How does a tip-out to the kitchen work?** A tip-out is a percentage taken off the pool before it is split among front-of-house. If a RM1,000 pool has a 15% kitchen tip-out, RM150 goes to the kitchen and the remaining RM850 is divided among the servers.

**Do the individual shares always add up to the pool?** They should. Because shares are rounded to two decimals, a rounding difference of a cent or two can appear. The calculator shows any difference so you can assign it rather than leaving the numbers not quite balancing.

**Is tip pooling legal?** The rules differ by country and change over time — particularly around whether managers or owners may take a share. This calculator does the arithmetic; it does not give legal advice. Check the employment rules that apply where you operate.