Shared items bill splitter.

How to use the shared items bill splitter

Enter individual orders, one per diner, shared dish price, diner numbers sharing dish, tax (%), and tip on food (%). Choose the currency for your inputs and read the result as you change the values.

How it works and formula

Diner’s base = individual order + share of shared dish. Multiply by 1 + tax rate + tip rate.

Worked example

Result
Diner 1 pays $36.25
Diner 2 pays $37.50
Diner 3 pays $61.25

Try a second calculation

Start with the USD worked example above and change only shared dish price to 24. Select Calculate. Your result should read:

Diner 1 pays $40.00
Diner 2 pays $37.50
Diner 3 pays $65.00

Then enter 0 in the same field. Compare the result with the first scenario row. Holding every other input steady lets you see exactly how this one change affects the calculation.

Choosing your inputs

Enter each diner’s individual food total before assigning the shared dish. Keep that dish out of the individual totals. If two people split an appetizer at a table of five, only their diner numbers belong in the sharing field. A participant who ordered only the appetizer can have a zero individual order.

How to interpret the result

Add up the reported payments and compare them with the food subtotal plus the selected tax and tip. This tool splits one shared amount among one set of diners. Combine dishes only when the same people shared them in equal proportions.

Frequently asked questions