Tips and tax
Why is the tip calculated on tax?
A tip calculation can be difficult to check when the screen only shows a final total. This hub explains what to compare on the receipt and links to the archive’s documented tip-on-tax reports.
What a tip-on-tax report means
These reports describe a suggested tip that appears to use a total including sales tax. The wording matters: a screenshot may show the result, while a receipt or source explanation may be needed to establish the calculation.
Check the math before drawing a conclusion
Compare the pre-tax subtotal, tax, suggested tip, and final total. A cropped screen may not show enough information to reproduce the calculation, so we keep uncertain reports labeled and link to the original source.
Related questions
Tax can appear alongside service charges, preselected tips, and custom-tip flows. Browse the connected patterns instead of treating one prompt as proof of a business-wide policy.