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How should your team split tips? Tell us what kind of business you run. We'll show how places like yours usually split tips, and open the right calculator, ready to go.
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Tip-out
Servers earn tips at their own tables, and a set share of sales pays the bussers, runners and bar who helped.
Example: A server with $1,200 in sales gives 2% ($24) to the bussers.
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Also common: Jobs count more
Good to know: A tip-out from sales can cost a server more than they made on a slow-tipping night. Agree the % with the team first.
Common roles: servers, bussers, food runners, bartenders, hosts.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Jobs count more
A whole team serves each table, so one pool with bigger shares for lead roles reflects the work.
Example: $1,800 pool, everyone 6 hours. The captain counts 1, the back server 0.8, the busser 0.6 → $750, $600, $450.
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Also common: Tip-out
Good to know: Write each job's number down before the first shift, so nobody's surprised.
Common roles: captains, servers, back servers, sommeliers, bussers, runners.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Servers cover each other's sections in short, busy shifts, so sharing by hours is simple and fair.
Example: $420 split between 6, 5 and 4 hours → $168, $140, $112.
Also common: Tip-out
Good to know: Decide whether openers count from clock-in or from the first table.
Common roles: servers, bussers, hosts.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Everyone works the same line, so hours are the fairest measure.
Example: $180 split between 6, 6, 4 and 4 hours → $54, $54, $36, $36.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Count card tips and jar cash together in the total.
Common roles: cashiers, line staff, expo.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Baristas share one jar across shifts that start and end at different times, so hours are the fairest measure.
Example: $300 in tips. Sam worked 6 hours, Jo 4 → Sam $180, Jo $120.
Good to know: Openers often clock in before tips start; the "Started before tips began?" helper handles it.
Common roles: baristas, shift leads.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Counter staff share the jar across early, uneven shifts.
Example: $120 split between 5 and 3 hours → $75, $45.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Decide up front whether bakers who never serve customers are in the pool, and check your state's rules.
Common roles: counter staff, bakers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Short shifts and a shared jar make hours the simplest fair split.
Example: $90 split between 4, 3 and 2 hours → $40, $30, $20.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Split each day's jar on that day, so busy weekends aren't spread across weeks.
Common roles: scoopers, blenders, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Everyone takes orders and makes drinks, so hours reflect the work.
Example: $150 split between 5 and 5 hours → $75 each.
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Also common: Equally
Good to know: App and delivery tips count too; add them to the total.
Common roles: drink makers, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
The counter team shares the line and the jar.
Example: $100 split between 6 and 4 hours → $60, $40.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Catering-order tips can be bigger; decide whether they go in the same pool.
Common roles: counter staff, slicers, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own (drivers)
Drivers keep their delivery tips, while the counter jar is shared by the in-store team.
Example: Drivers keep their own; a $90 counter jar is split by hours.
Also common: By hours (counter)
Good to know: Keep driver tips and counter tips apart on the tip sheet.
Common roles: drivers, counter staff, cooks.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Jobs count more
Guests tip the whole bar, and roles there differ a lot.
Example: $600 pool, everyone 6 hours. Two servers count 1, the busser ½ → $240, $240, $120.
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Also common: By hours
Good to know: Rules about kitchen staff sharing tips vary by state; check before including chefs.
Common roles: servers, bussers, sushi chefs.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
A small crew works the whole service together.
Example: $240, 3 people → $80 each.
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Also common: By hours
Good to know: If someone leaves early, switch to by hours for that shift.
Common roles: cooks, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Tips are smaller per table and everyone covers the whole floor.
Example: $200 split between 8, 6 and 6 hours → $80, $60, $60.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Decide whether hosts who seat but don't serve are in the pool.
Common roles: servers, bussers, hosts.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
The crew usually works one event, start to finish, together.
Example: $600 gratuity, 5 staff → $120 each.
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Also common: By hours
Good to know: A "service charge" isn't always a tip; check how yours is listed on the invoice.
Common roles: servers, bartenders, captains, setup crew.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
Banquet teams work each event together, often for the same hours.
Example: $900 for 6 servers → $150 each.
Also common: By hours
Good to know: Check whether the event charge is a gratuity or a service charge; they're handled differently.
Common roles: banquet servers, captains, bartenders, setup crew.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Bartenders share the well and the tips, shift by shift.
Example: $500 split between 6 and 4 hours → $300, $200.
Also common: Tip-out (barback)
Good to know: If barbacks get a tip-out, agree the % before the shift.
Common roles: bartenders, barbacks, servers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Game nights bring big, uneven rushes that the whole team covers.
Example: $800 split between 7, 6 and 3 hours → $350, $300, $150.
Open the sports bar calculator →
Also common: Tip-out
Good to know: Decide whether servers on the floor and bartenders share one pool or two.
Common roles: bartenders, servers, barbacks.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Jobs count more
Bartenders make the drinks guests tip for, with barbacks supporting.
Example: $400. A bartender counts 1, a barback ½, both 6 hours → $267, $133.
Also common: By hours
Good to know: Write the numbers down; changing them mid-week causes arguments.
Common roles: bartenders, barbacks, servers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
A small team pours and serves together.
Example: $240 split between 5 and 3 hours → $150, $90.
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Also common: Equally
Good to know: Bottle sales to take home may get tips too; decide whether they go in the pool.
Common roles: servers, sommeliers, bartenders.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Long, late shifts with staff starting at different times.
Example: $1,200 split between 8, 6 and 6 hours → $480, $360, $360.
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Also common: Jobs count more
Good to know: Count hours from when doors open if that's your rule, and say so up front.
Common roles: bartenders, barbacks, cocktail servers, VIP hosts.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
The tasting-room team shares one jar across the day.
Example: $180 split between 6 and 3 hours → $120, $60.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Tour and tasting fees aren't tips; keep them out of the total.
Common roles: taproom staff, tasting-room hosts.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Guests usually leave tips in the room for whoever cleaned it.
Example: Each attendant keeps their room tips and notes them on the tip sheet.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: If two people clean a room together, split that room's tip equally.
Common roles: room attendants, housemen.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Jobs count more
Servers, runners and room-service staff all touch each order.
Example: $500 pool, everyone 6 hours. Two servers count 1, the runner ½ → $200, $200, $100.
Open the hotel dining calculator →
Also common: Tip-out
Good to know: Room-service charges added to the bill may be a service charge, not a tip; check.
Common roles: servers, room-service attendants, runners, bussers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Cash tips come in all shift, from cars and bags everyone handles.
Example: $300 split between 8 and 4 hours → $200, $100.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Count the cash box at the end of each shift, not the end of the week.
Common roles: valets, bell staff, door staff.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Guests tip the person who helped them.
Example: Each concierge keeps their own tips and records them.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: If the team prefers to share, an equal split each week is simplest.
Common roles: concierges.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Weekly
Dealers rotate tables all week, so a weekly pool by hours evens it out.
Example: $6,000 for the week, split by each dealer's weekly hours.
Also common: By hours
Good to know: The weekly calculator allows up to 80 hours per person.
Common roles: dealers, dual-rate dealers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Clients tip their own stylist.
Example: A stylist keeps $120 and gives 15% ($18) to their assistant.
Also common: Tip-out (assistant)
Good to know: Agree the assistant's % per day, not per client, to keep it simple.
Common roles: stylists, barbers, assistants, shampoo techs.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Clients tip the tech who did their nails.
Example: Each tech keeps their own tips and records them on the tip sheet.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Card tips paid out later should still be recorded on the day they were earned.
Common roles: nail techs, front desk.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Clients tip their own artist.
Example: An artist keeps $60 and gives 10% ($6) to the front desk.
Also common: Tip-out
Good to know: Decide up front whether the front desk shares, and how much.
Common roles: lash artists, brow artists, front desk.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Guests tip their own therapist; front-desk tips can be pooled by hours.
Example: Therapists keep their own; a $60 front-desk jar is split by hours.
Also common: By hours (front desk)
Good to know: An automatic "gratuity" on a package may not count as a tip; check how it's set up.
Common roles: massage therapists, estheticians, front desk.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Clients tip their own artist or piercer.
Example: Each artist keeps their tips and records them.
Good to know: Keep a record anyway; it helps at tax time.
Common roles: tattoo artists, piercers, front desk.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Owners tip the groomer who did their dog.
Example: A groomer keeps $40 and gives 20% ($8) to the bather.
Also common: Tip-out (bather)
Good to know: Agree the bather's share before the day starts.
Common roles: groomers, bathers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
The bag-drop, cart and bar teams share tips across the day.
Example: $250 split between 8 and 2 hours → $200, $50.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Caddie fees and tips are often separate; keep them apart.
Common roles: bag-drop staff, cart staff, servers, bartenders.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
The counter, bar and lane teams share busy nights.
Example: $200 split between 6, 5 and 5 hours → $75, $63, $62.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Party-package gratuities may be listed as service charges; check how yours appear.
Common roles: counter staff, servers, bartenders.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Guests tip the guide who led their tour.
Example: Each guide keeps their own tips; co-led tours split equally.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: For co-led tours, decide the split before the tour starts.
Common roles: guides, drivers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
The deck crew works the whole trip together.
Example: $300 for 2 deckhands → $150 each.
Also common: Jobs count more
Good to know: Owners and managers generally can't take a share of employees' tips; check your state's rules.
Common roles: deckhands, mates.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
The crew works every car together, so hours reflect the work.
Example: $160 split between 8 and 8 hours → $80 each.
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Also common: Equally
Good to know: Split card tips the same way as the cash box.
Common roles: washers, detailers, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
A crew works each move start to finish together.
Example: $150 for 3 movers → $50 each.
Also common: By hours
Good to know: If someone joins halfway through, switch to by hours for that job.
Common roles: movers, drivers, crew leads.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Customers tip the person who delivered.
Example: Each driver keeps their own tips and records them.
Good to know: App tips paid out weekly still belong on the day they were earned.
Common roles: drivers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Keep your own
Riders tip their own driver.
Example: Each driver keeps their own tips and records them.
Good to know: An automatic gratuity on the booking may be handled differently; check how it's set up.
Common roles: drivers, dispatchers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
Staff work the same event, often for the same hours.
Example: $400 for 4 staff → $100 each.
Also common: By hours
Good to know: Check whether the client's payment includes a gratuity or a service charge.
Common roles: servers, bartenders, ushers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Equally
A small team works the whole market day.
Example: $60, 2 people → $30 each.
Also common: By hours
Good to know: Count the jar before packing up, so nothing gets mixed with sales cash.
Common roles: stand staff.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
For shops with a counter and a tip jar, hours are the simplest fair split.
Example: $120 split between 6 and 4 hours → $72, $48.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: If tips are rare, a weekly split saves effort.
Common roles: sales associates, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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By hours
Carry-out and bagging tips come in all day across the team.
Example: $80 split between 8 and 2 hours → $64, $16.
Also common: Equally
Good to know: Check your store's policy on accepting tips first.
Common roles: baggers, carry-out staff, cashiers.
Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
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Handy tools: Free tip sheet · Hours to decimal converter
Saves you time every shift with a Tips.cx account:
- Most nights you just type the tips: "Same as last shift" fills in the hours.
- Payouts always add up to the total.
- Staff check their own tips with a PIN, instead of asking you.
- Hours as 5:30 or 5.5, whichever your team writes down.
- Whole dollars or exact cents.
- Optional role weights for bussers, barbacks and assistants.
- Copy the result straight into your staff group chat.
- Your numbers stay on your device.
Example: $150 in tips. Alex worked 6:15, Blair 4:40 and Casey 3.5 hours → Alex $65, Blair $49, Casey $36.
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Every shift saved, every payout adds up to the total, and staff see their own tips with their own PIN.
Log a split Tips and hours at closing; the payouts always add up to the total. 
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Equal tip split calculator
Everyone on the shift gets the same.
Good for small cafés, food trucks, events, crews.
Tip points calculator
A server's hour counts more than a busser's hour.
Good for sit-down restaurants.
Weekly tip pool calculator
Save all week's tips, then split by everyone's hours for the week.
Good for coffee chains and busy shops.
Tip-out calculator
Servers keep their tips but share a little with the helpers (bussers, bar, kitchen).
Good for sit-down restaurants and bars.
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What Tips.cx does
Tip pooling is simple arithmetic until it's 11:40 p.m., the drawer is counted, and five people are waiting. Tips.cx does the arithmetic and gets the rounding right.
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Splits by hours worked
Everyone's share matches the time they put in. Mix formats freely: 6:15, 4.75 and 3,5 all work on the same list.
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Rounds fairly, adds up exactly
Leftover dollars go to the people closest to the next dollar, then to whoever worked longer. Nobody has to find the missing $1 from the till.
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Made for closing time
Large buttons, number keyboards and no sideways scrolling on a phone. Copy the result into your team chat or print it for the office.
With a Tips.cx account
More than a splitter: a record of every shift
The calculator answers tonight's question. A Tips.cx account keeps the answer, so you can find any shift later and download the totals as a CSV from History.
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Permanent tip records
Every pool is saved with its date, location, people, hours and payouts. When someone asks about a shift from March, you can look it up instead of guessing.
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History and calendar
Browse past shifts by day, week or month, and spot the nights that don't look right.
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Staff check their own tips
Each person signs in to their location's staff link with their own PIN, sees only their own tips, and can report a problem with a shift.
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CSV exports
Pick any dates in History and download them as a spreadsheet file for payroll or your accountant, instead of retyping them.
For the places that pool tips
Restaurants
Servers, bussers, runners and bartenders sharing one pool.
Coffee shops and cafés
The tip jar plus card tips, split across baristas and shifts.
Bars
Bartenders and barbacks, often with different shares per hour.
Salons
Shared tips for assistants, shampoo techs and the front desk.
Less time on tip-outs, every night
Simple pricing
1 location
$10 / month
or $84 a year (works out to $7/month)
Up to 5 locations
$15 / month
or $144 a year (works out to $12/month)
6 or more locations
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Questions and answers
How does the tip pool calculator split tips?
Each person gets a share of the pool in proportion to the hours they worked, so someone who worked 6 hours gets twice the share of someone who worked 3. When the pool does not divide evenly, the leftover dollars (or cents) go one at a time to the people whose exact share was closest to the next unit. The payouts always add up to the exact total.
Can I enter hours as 5:30 or as 5.5?
Yes. Type hours and minutes like 5:30, or decimal hours like 5.5 or 5,5. Leave a row blank for someone who did not work, or enter 0 to list them with a $0 share. Each person can have up to 24 hours.
Is the calculator free? Do I need an account?
The calculator is free and needs no account or sign-up. Open the page on your phone at closing time and use it.
Do you see the tips and hours I enter?
No. The calculator runs entirely in your browser and the amounts and hours you type never leave your device. Names, the order of your list and your rounding choice can be remembered on your own device so they are ready next time; tip amounts and hours are never saved. We only count that the calculator was used, not what was entered.
What are role weights?
Some teams give certain roles a bigger or smaller share per hour. Turn on "Use role weights" and give each person a weight from 0.1 to 3.0. At 1.0 a person earns a full share per hour; at 0.5 they earn half as much per hour as someone at 1.0. Weights are off by default.
What if someone started before tips did?
Open "Started before tips began?" under that person. Enter when they clocked in, how long they worked, and when tips started. The calculator works out the hours that overlapped with tips and can fill them in for you.
What does a Tips.cx account add?
A permanent record of every shift and payout, history and a calendar view, CSV exports, several locations, and staff links where each person checks their own tips with a PIN. Start with a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
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