Tips

Setup - Miscellaneous Setup

You can register in the application the tips received and calculate them manually or by a percentage automatically.

To use Tips, you must first have a Payment Method of type Tip, and then activate the use of Tips in this screen.

If you want the Tips to be automatically charged on the sale, select Automatic Calculation.

In this case, you have some configuration options:

  • Payment Method: Select the Payment Method of the Tip type, to which the automatically charged Tips will be assigned.

  • Percentage: Enter the percentage that will be charged as Gratuity.

  • Tip/Gratuity calculation method: You will have to decide if the percentage is calculated on the total without taxes or with taxes already calculated.

  • When gratuities are charged?: You can choose whether to charge Tips on all receipt or only on receipts assigned to tables.

  • Number of guests to charge gratuities: You can set the minimum number of diners that must be at a table to be charged automatically.

  • Maximum warning rate: In the event that the tip entry exceeds this percentage of the total sale, a warning will be displayed to confirm the tip entry.

Here is an example configuration, with automatic tip calculation, which charges 10%, after taxes, only when tables with a minimum of 2 diners are used.

It is possible to activate the printing of the suggested gratuity on the receipt by entering different percentages. A free message can be displayed followed by the suggested tip totals.

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