Bill Split Calculator
Split a restaurant or trip bill equally or by items, with GST, tip and rounding
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How to Use
- Choose Equally, or By what each person ordered if people had different dishes.
- For an equal split, enter the bill amount, say whether it is before GST and charges or the final total, and set the number of people with − and +.
- For a split by items, enter each person's name and the price of what they ordered, tap Add person for more (or press Enter in the last amount), and enter any shared items.
- Enter the GST rate from the bill, any service charge (it is optional) and a tip.
- Choose whether to round each share up to ₹1, ₹5 or ₹10, then tap copy split to paste it into your group chat.
Split a restaurant or trip bill fairly
Dinner with friends, an office lunch or a weekend trip: one person pays, and everyone settles up on UPI later. Splitting equally is simple, but it isn't fair when one person had a starter and a drink and another had only a dosa. This calculator does both. It splits a bill equally, or by what each person ordered, with shared dishes divided evenly and GST, service charge and tip shared in proportion. It can round everyone's share up so the UPI amounts are easy.
How the split is calculated
GST = food × GST %; service charge = food × service %
Each person's share = food + GST + service + tip × (own food ÷ total food)
GST is charged on the food and drinks only. When a restaurant adds a service charge, the CCPA guidelines say it cannot charge GST on top of it, so the calculator adds the service charge after GST. Rounding up means the payer receives a few rupees more than the bill; the calculator shows exactly how much.
Worked example
Three friends have dinner. Asha's dishes cost ₹650, Bilal's ₹420 and Ravi's ₹380. They also shared a starter and dessert for ₹450. GST is 5%, there is no service charge, and they round up to the nearest ₹10.
| Person | Own + shared | GST 5% | Share | Pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asha | ₹650 + ₹150 = ₹800 | ₹40.00 | ₹840.00 | ₹840 |
| Bilal | ₹420 + ₹150 = ₹570 | ₹28.50 | ₹598.50 | ₹600 |
| Ravi | ₹380 + ₹150 = ₹530 | ₹26.50 | ₹556.50 | ₹560 |
The bill comes to ₹1,995. With rounding, the friends send ₹2,000, ₹5 more than the bill. Split equally, each would have paid ₹665, so Asha would have paid ₹175 less than her share and Ravi ₹108.50 more.
GST on restaurant bills
| Where you eat | Usual GST |
|---|---|
| Most restaurants, cafés, dhabas and food delivery | 5% |
| Restaurants in hotels with room tariffs above ₹7,500 a night | 18% |
The GST rate and amount are printed on the bill, usually as CGST and SGST (2.5% + 2.5% for a 5% rate). Use the rate shown on your bill.
Service charge is voluntary
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued guidelines on 4 July 2022 saying hotels and restaurants cannot add a service charge to the bill automatically or by default, cannot collect it under another name, and cannot refuse entry or service to customers who don't pay it. Paying it is the customer's choice. A single judge of the Delhi High Court upheld these guidelines in March 2025. If a service charge appears on your bill and you don't want to pay it, ask for it to be removed; complaints can be made on the National Consumer Helpline (1915). A tip, if you want to give one, is entirely up to you.
Tips for a smooth split
- Use the final total option when you only have the amount paid and everyone ate similar things.
- For trips, use "by what each person ordered" for individual costs (rooms, tickets) and "shared items" for common costs like fuel or a cab.
- Copy the split and paste it in your group chat so everyone sees the same numbers.