Divide a shift's tips by hours worked or by weighted role points. Every share updates as you type.
Everyone earns the same rate per hour worked. Simplest to explain and easiest to defend.
$1,000.00 distributable
Server 1
8 hrs · 36.4% of pool
$363.64
Server 2
6 hrs · 27.3% of pool
$272.73
Busser
8 hrs · 36.4% of pool
$363.64
MinimalPOS gives every staff member their own account and role, and records activity by shift — so when you divide a tip pool, you are working from what actually happened on the floor.
How this free tool helps
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.
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.
Explore MinimalPOS Restaurant POSHours 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.
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.
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.
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.
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