Revenue & Finance

Tip Pooling & Distribution

The nightly tip math that used to take an hour with a calculator and a stack of receipts. Automated. Every credit card tip, every cash declaration, every auto-gratuity flows into configurable pools and distributes to the right people — with FLSA compliance baked in and a full audit trail on every dollar.

Pool Structures

Build pools that match how your floor actually works

Bar pool, server pool, VIP pool — separate pools by role, section, or shift with custom allocation percentages. Your tip structure, your rules, enforced automatically every single night.

Configurable pool structures
Define separate pools by role, section, or shift with custom allocation percentages. The bar has its own pool. VIP has its own pool. Each one runs by its own rules.
Real-time tip capture
Credit card tips from POS, cash declarations, and automatic gratuities on bottle service — everything flows into the system in real time. No end-of-night data entry marathon.
Tip-out hierarchies
Servers tip out 3% to bussers, 2% to barbacks — whatever your house rules are. Configurable tip-out percentages cascade automatically through the support staff chain.
Rules-based distribution
Individual payouts calculated based on hours worked, role, pool participation percentage, and contribution weighting. The math runs itself. Consistently. Every night.
Auto-gratuity management
Rules for automatic gratuity on large parties and bottle service with configurable thresholds. The charge applies, the amount pools, the distribution follows — hands-free.
Real-time running totals
Bartenders and servers see a live running total of tips earned at their station during the shift. They know how their night is going before it ends.
Compliance & Approval

Legally compliant. Manager-approved. Dispute-proof.

FLSA compliance isn't optional — the engine enforces it automatically. Manager review catches edge cases. Digital receipts hit phones within minutes. And every dollar has an immutable paper trail.

FLSA compliance engine
Automated guardrails ensure every tip pool structure complies with federal Fair Labor Standards Act and Nevada-specific regulations. Non-compliant distributions are blocked before they happen.
Manager review & approval
Ops managers review the calculated distribution, make manual adjustments with documented reasons, and approve for finalization. Nothing goes out without a human sign-off.
End-of-shift digital receipts
Each team member gets a push notification and digital receipt with their complete tip payout breakdown the moment distribution is approved. No waiting until tomorrow.
Dispute resolution
Staff flag discrepancies directly in the app. Managers investigate and resolve within 48 hours with a full audit trail. Fair process, documented outcome, every time.
Immutable audit trail
Every dollar tracked from the POS transaction that generated it through pool allocation to individual payout. If anyone asks where the money went, the answer is one click away.
Nightly distribution reports
Detailed breakdown of total tips collected, pool allocations, individual payouts, and any adjustments. The full picture of tonight's tips, ready for review in minutes.
Connected

Tips flow from transaction to paycheck — automatically

The tip module captures from POS, weights by schedule, and flows into payroll. No manual handoffs. No re-entry. One continuous pipeline from swipe to pay stub.

POS Integration
Credit card tips and auto-gratuities captured in real time from every POS transaction. The source of truth starts at the register.
Staff Scheduling
Hours worked per shift determine tip pool participation eligibility and weighting. The schedule drives the math.
Payroll
Finalized tip distributions flow into payroll as tip income with proper tax treatment. Tips show up on the pay stub, correctly classified.
Revenue Reconciliation
Tip totals contribute to nightly revenue reconciliation — the finance team sees the complete picture without chasing numbers.
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Your staff deserves to know what they made — tonight.

See tip pooling in action alongside the full Revenue & Finance suite.

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