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Discount & Tip Calculator

Work out sale prices, savings, tips, and per-person splits in one pass.

How this calculator works

It chains together the three little calculations that always seem to come up at the same moment. First the discount: the original price is reduced by your percentage off, showing both the sale price and what you saved. Then the tip: your chosen percentage is applied to the discounted amount. Finally the split: the grand total is divided evenly between however many people are paying.

Worked example

A $120 dinner with a 20% voucher becomes $96 (saving $24). An 18% tip on the $96 adds $17.28, for a total of $113.28 — or $37.76 each between three people. Doing that chain in your head at the table is exactly the kind of thing that goes wrong after dessert.

Quick mental-math tricks (for when your phone is dead)

  • 10% is the anchor. Move the decimal one place left. From there, 20% is double it, 5% is half it, and 15% is one-and-a-half times it.
  • x% of y equals y% of x. 8% of 50 feels hard; 50% of 8 is obviously 4. Same number.
  • Stacked discounts don't add. "30% off, then an extra 20% off" is 44% off, not 50% — the second discount applies to the already-reduced price. Run each step through the calculator to see the real final price.

A note on tipping conventions

Typical US restaurant tips run 15–20% (18% is a common default), while many other countries tip modestly or include service in the bill. One point of etiquette debate the calculator sidesteps for you: some people tip on the pre-discount amount when using a voucher, reasoning the staff did the same work — if you prefer that, simply enter the original price with 0% discount to compute the tip, then apply your voucher separately.

Frequently asked questions

Does the tip apply before or after the discount?

After. The calculator tips on the discounted price, which is how card machines behave. If you prefer to tip on the original amount, run the tip calculation with 0% discount first, then note the discounted food cost separately.

How do I handle two stacked discounts?

Apply them in sequence: run the first discount, then enter the sale price as a new original price with the second percentage. Stacked percentages multiply rather than add — 30% then 20% off totals 44% off, not 50%.

Can I use this for sales tax as well?

Yes, informally — enter the tax percentage in the tip field to add it to a price. Just remember real receipts usually apply tax before tip, so for precision compute tax first, then rerun with the tip.