Splitting bills, reading receipts, and keeping track of what everyone owes.
Why unpaid debts damage friendships more than a miscalculated bill, and how to stop being the person who has to keep asking.
A summary of your spending from receipts: categories, shops, savings on promotions. What already works and what doesn't yet.
A discount on one item, a basket-wide voucher, buy-two-get-one-free and loyalty cards. Who the reduction belongs to when you're splitting a bill.
Who pays for accommodation, fuel and food, how to avoid twenty separate transfers, and how to close the books so nobody ends up short.
When a receipt is enough, when you need an invoice, and why your tax number has to be given at the till rather than a week later.
The designated driver, someone pregnant, someone on a restricted diet, or just not hungry. How to split a bill so nobody subsidises anyone else.
What groups are for in Paragonix, how the running balance works, and when it's worth creating one rather than splitting each bill separately.
How to divide rent when the rooms aren't equal, what to do about utilities, and how to handle shared groceries without it turning into an argument.
What the letters next to each item mean, where to find the tax number, what the till's unique number is, and how to check a receipt adds up.
What visitors and residents need to know: the customary amount, when service is already included, cash versus card, and how to split a tip fairly.
Evenly, by what you ordered, or proportionally — a comparison of five ways to split a bill and when each one makes sense.
We're starting a blog about splitting bills, reading receipts and managing shared expenses. What we'll publish here, and how often.