Free tools & guides
For servers, bartenders, and anyone who works for tips — free to use, no signup, nothing tracked. Built by the maker of TipBud.
Free tools
Tip-Out CalculatorEnter your tips, sales, and house rules — see every tip-out, your take-home, and your True Rate.
Tips-per-Hour CalculatorWhat a shift really paid per hour — with weekly and yearly projections.
No-Tax-on-Tips Savings CalculatorAn illustration of what the 2025–2028 U.S. federal tip deduction could be worth to you.
Tip Tracker TemplateA free spreadsheet layout for daily tip records — view it, copy it, or download the CSV.
Guides
Tip-Outs, ExplainedWho tips out whom, typical percentage ranges by role, and how the math works.
How to Track Your TipsNotebook vs spreadsheet vs app, the daily record the IRS expects, and the real-hourly formula.
No Tax on Tips: the U.S. Tip DeductionWho qualifies for the 2025–2028 U.S. federal deduction and the records to keep.
The ten-second version
Every one of these exists inside TipBud — tip-outs computed from your rules, True Rate on every shift, and the daily record already kept. For iPhone.