Tip-out cheat sheet
Tip-outs cut into what you take home, and nobody wants to do that math standing at the POS. Punch in tonight's numbers and see the cut, what's left, and what it comes out to per hour.
Common tip-out structures
| Structure | How it works |
|---|---|
| Percent of sales | A fixed cut of what you sold, no matter what you were actually tipped. |
| Percent of tips | A cut of what you actually made — it scales down on a slow night. |
| Points / pool | Everyone's tips go into one pot, then get split by a formula — hours worked, role, or a point value per position. |
Structures vary by restaurant and state — your house rules win.
Keep this every shift
TipBud keeps this math for every shift — the $/hr by day, the tip-out, your whole history, even if the old tracker ate it.
