All available employees appear within the Tip Calculator.

When calculating straight tips, the total tip amount will be distributed based on the number of employees who have worked within the specified date range and are in a qualified (selected) profit center.  Follow the steps below to set up and calculate a Straight Tip amount.

1. On the Financial menu, select Register Reports, and then select Tip Calculator. 
2. In the From and To date range box, select the dates for the tips to be calculated. 

3. In the Profit Center box, select the profit center(s) where the employee has worked and needs to receive a share of the tips. As you select profit centers, employees who have worked in them within the specified date range will appear in the list as eligible to receive tips.
4. In the Percentage box, click to clear, if necessary, in order to calculate tips by straight tips instead of percentage.

5. In the Tip box, type the total tip dollar amount, and then click the Refresh button.

   
6. The tips will be calculated based on the number of employees within the selected profit centers and how many hours each have worked.

Below is the formula to calculate tips:
Tip Amount of an Individual Employee = (Total Received Tips /Total Hours of Qualified Employees) * Individual Hours Worked of a Qualified Employee.
For example, the total hours worked of all the selected qualified employees equaled 2021.75 hours and the total tips received was $100 so the tip totals are calculated as shown below:

NOTE:  If one of the employees is unselected then the total number of hours will be changed accordingly and will be reflected in the corresponding tips of an employee as shown below:  

In this example, the total hours worked of all the ‘selected’ qualified employees equaled 1924 hours and the total tips received was $100 so the tip totals are calculated as shown below: