Receipt Bill Splitter
Type in the items from a receipt, pick who ordered what, and split the bill between friends with tax and tip included. Everything runs in your browser, so no receipt images are uploaded anywhere.
Step 1 · People & split mode
Number of people
Adjust the count, then rename each person below to match your group.
Split mode
Even split divides everything equally. Item-based split lets you assign each line item to one or more people.
People
Step 2 · Items
| Item | Price | Category | Remove |
|---|---|---|---|
| No items yet. Add each dish, drink, or shared item with a price. | |||
Working totals
Item subtotal: $0.00
Tax used in split: $0.00
Tip: $0.00
Tax inputs
Step 3 · People & split mode
People
Split mode
Even split divides everything equally. Item-based split lets you assign each line item to one or more people.
Step 4 · Tax & tip
Tip percent
Tip base
Some groups tip on the full check including tax; others tip on food and drink only. Choose what matches your group's norm.
Step 5 · Per-person results
Person 1
Item subtotal
$0.00
Tax share
$0.00
Tip share
$0.00
Total
$0.00
Person 2
Item subtotal
$0.00
Tax share
$0.00
Tip share
$0.00
Total
$0.00
Splitting a restaurant bill fairly without the headache
Splitting a receipt sounds simple until you add in tax, tip, and different orders. One person ordered an appetizer and a drink, another only had a salad, and someone else picked up dessert for the table. Doing the math on a phone calculator, especially from a small paper slip, is awkward and easy to get wrong. A small mistake can mean someone overpays or a friend ends up covering more than their share.
This tool is built to make that process less painful. You enter each dish or drink once, mark who it belongs to (or who is sharing it), and the app handles the tax and tip math. The goal is to make it easy to answer, "Who owes what?" without a long back-and-forth in your group chat.
Why tax and tip matter when splitting fairly
If you simply split the pre-tax subtotal, people who ordered more expensive items end up paying a smaller share of the tax and tip than they actually generated. This calculator first figures out what each person's share of the pre-tax total is, then allocates tax and tip proportionally. That way, someone who only ordered a small dish is not paying the same add-on amounts as someone who had multiple entrees and drinks.
When a bill splitter is especially handy
- Dining out with friends. Make sure people who order more (or drink more) pay their fair share without awkward conversations.
- Work lunches or team outings. Mark which items are reimbursable and see exactly what you personally owe.
- Family meals. Split groceries or restaurant tabs when some items belong to specific people.
Shareable summaries for your group chat
Once the math is done, the tool creates a simple text summary for each person that you can copy and paste directly into a messaging app. That makes it easy to say, for example, "Alex: $23.40, Sam: $18.75, Taylor: $31.10" without retyping numbers by hand.
For other everyday math problems, you can head back to the LifeHackToolbox homepage or use tools like the Time Duration Calculator when you are coordinating plans and deadlines.