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Tip-out calculator

Free tool

Add each tip-out the way your restaurant figures it: a percent of your tips, a percent of your sales, or a flat amount. You’ll see what each person gets and what you keep. Everything stays in your browser.

Tip-outs

Enter the rates your restaurant uses. There’s no standard rate, so we don’t fill one in.

Your shift

Enter the tips you collected to see what you keep.

Good to know

  • Under federal law, managers, supervisors, and your employer can never keep any part of your tips.
  • A tip-out based on sales stays the same on a slow-tipping night, so it takes a bigger bite of your tips. Federal wage guidance doesn’t address sales-based tip-outs directly.
  • You report to your employer the tips you kept after tip-outs.

What is a tip-out?Tip-outs based on salesServer tip-out math

Official sources

TipMax Answers explains public IRS and U.S. Department of Labor guidance in plain English for tipped workers. It is not tax, legal, or accounting advice. Federal rules are a floor; your state may add its own tip rules. Confirm with IRS.gov, DOL.gov, your state labor agency, or a qualified professional. TipMax the app helps you track tips and tip-outs; it does not file your taxes or decide tip-pool disputes.