Split a bill by item without an app

1. Get the itemized receipt. Ask for the itemized receipt, not just the card slip, so every dish and drink has a price next to it.
2. Assign each item. Write each person’s name next to the items they ordered.
3. Divide shared items. For anything shared, divide its price by the number of people who shared it and give each of them that amount.
4. Total each person. Add up each person’s items and shared portions. The totals should add up to the receipt subtotal.
5. Add tax and tip in proportion. Divide each person’s subtotal by the receipt subtotal, then multiply the tax and the tip by that percentage. Each person pays their subtotal plus those two shares.

Example of a shared item: a $15 plate of nachos shared by three people adds $5 to each of their subtotals. The fourth person at the table, who had none, adds nothing.

• Splitting tax and tip evenly. Once items are assigned, an even tax and tip puts back the unfairness you just removed. Someone with a small order ends up paying for part of a larger one.
• Forgetting shared items. If the totals do not add up to the receipt subtotal, a shared dish or a round of drinks usually went unassigned.
• Dividing shared items by the whole table. Divide by the people who actually shared it.
• Missing items with a quantity. A line such as “3 × IPA” is three drinks. Make sure each one is counted once.
• Using the card slip. The card total often includes the tip already. Work from the itemized receipt, then add the tip you actually left.

Splittr does the same math from a photo and a link. Guests open the link in their phone’s browser. There is nothing to install, and guests do not need an account.

1. Scan or enter the items. Take a photo of the receipt and Splittr reads the items, or type them in.
2. Share the link or the 6-character code. Send it in your group chat, or read the code out at the table.
3. Everyone taps their items. Shared dishes are divided among everyone who taps them. The host sees each person’s total with tax and tip included, and guests can pay through Venmo, Cash App or PayPal links, or copy the host’s Zelle details.