Financial - Employee Tips
Updated Fri 23 Oct 2026
Running the report
Report options
Select your start date
The first trading day to include. The default is today.
end date
The last trading day to include. The default is today. The whole of that trading day is included, up to your store's close of trade time.
Only show the summary
A tick box, switched off by default. When it is off you see the full detail (one line per tipped payment) followed by the summary. When you tick it, the detail is hidden and you only see the Summary. The top of the report shows which one you chose next to DETAIL LEVEL: Full detail or Summary only.
The report at a glance
The dates are your trading days. The period starts at your close of trade time on the first day and ends at your close of trade time after the last day. If your close of trade time is not midnight, the dates carry a star (*) and a note at the bottom of each page explains that sales made between midnight and your close of trade time count towards the previous trading day.
- Tips in detail: one line for every payment that carried a tip, with a subtotal for each payment type and a grand total for each employee.
- The summary: one line per employee with their tips and average tip percentage, then a total.
- Who gets a tip: how the report decides which employee a tip belongs to.
Tips in detail
Under Full detail every payment that included a tip gets its own line. Lines are grouped by employee, then by payment type, so you can see for each person how much came in as cash and how much on cards. Employees print in alphabetical order, and so do the payment types under each employee.
| Transaction date & time | Payment date & time | Invoice number | Order number | Payment type | Shift # | POS total payment | +Tip payment | =Total payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashier - Alex Morgan (Alex) 1 | ||||||||
| Card 2 | ||||||||
| Mon 19 Oct 26 12:41 | Mon 19 Oct 26 12:41 | 1-141 | 1-16 | Card | 1-12 | 95.00 | 10.00 | 105.00 |
| Fri 23 Oct 26 11:10 | Fri 23 Oct 26 11:10 | 1-150 | 1-21 | Card | Not cashed up 3 | 140.00 | 14.00 | 154.00 |
| Cashier - Alex Morgan (Alex) - Card subtotal: 4 | 235.00 | 24.00 | 259.00 | |||||
| Cashier - Alex Morgan (Alex) grand total: | 235.00 | 24.00 | 259.00 | |||||
| Driver - Sam Taylor (Sam) | ||||||||
| Card | ||||||||
| Tue 20 Oct 26 13:05 | Tue 20 Oct 26 13:05 | 2-31 | 2-4 | Card | 2-3 | 180.00 | 30.00 | 210.00 |
| Driver - Sam Taylor (Sam) - Card subtotal: | 180.00 | 30.00 | 210.00 | |||||
| Cash Receipts | ||||||||
| Mon 19 Oct 26 12:41 | Mon 19 Oct 26 12:58 | 1-132 | 1-7 | Cash Receipts | 1-12 | 120.00 | 28.00 | 148.00 |
| Mon 19 Oct 26 18:20 | Mon 19 Oct 26 18:44 | 1-140 | 1-15 | Cash Receipts | 1-12 | 215.50 | 20.00 | 235.50 |
| Driver - Sam Taylor (Sam) - Cash Receipts subtotal: | 335.50 | 48.00 | 383.50 | |||||
| Driver - Sam Taylor (Sam) grand total: | 515.50 | 78.00 | 593.50 | |||||
1 Employee
The employee the tips are credited to, shown as the employee's role for that tip (Driver or Cashier), their name and, in brackets, the name they use at the till when it differs. See Who gets a tip.
2 Payment type
How the customer paid, using your store's payment method names. Cash shows as Cash Receipts. Payments put on a customer account show as Account followed by the sales channel.
3 Shift #
The till and shift the sale was cashed up on, for example 1-12. Not cashed up means the sale has not been through a cashup yet (for example today's trade). It moves to its real shift number by itself once it is cashed up, and its tip stays in the figures. A shift that has not been posted yet shows Not posted after the till number, and its figures can still change until it is posted.
4 Subtotals and grand total
Each payment type has a subtotal and each employee has a grand total of POS total payment (what the sale was paid, before the tip), + Tip payment and = Total payment (the two added together).
- Transaction date & time
- When the sale was rung up, at your store's local time.
- Payment date & time
- When the payment was taken. For a sale paid later (a delivery paid on arrival, for example) this is later than the transaction time.
- Invoice number
- Click it to open the invoice and see everything on the sale.
- Order number
- The order number the customer or kitchen saw.
The summary
At the bottom of the report (or on its own when you tick Only show the summary) is a short table with one line per employee and a total for everyone.
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Employee name | Tips | Average tip % |
| Cashier - Alex Morgan (Alex) | 24.00 | 10% |
| Driver - Sam Taylor (Sam) | 78.00 | 15% |
| Total | 102.00 | 14% |
- Tips
- All the tips credited to that employee in the period.
- Average tip %
- The employee's tips divided by what their tipped customers paid before the tip, as a whole percentage. In the example Sam's 78.00 on 515.50 of sales is 15%. It only looks at sales that carried a tip, so it is not a percentage of all of the employee's sales. If there is nothing to divide by it shows 0%.
Who gets a tip
Every tip is credited to one employee, decided sale by sale in this order:
Frequently asked questions
Why is a cash tip not on the report?
Cash tips are only reported when the order has a driver or waiter. A cash tip given to a cashier is handed over directly and is not recorded by the till, so it cannot appear. If a driver's cash tip is missing, check that the driver was on the order and that the cashup is in the period you chose.
Why is a tip under the cashier and not the driver (or the other way round)?
If the order has a driver or waiter, the tip goes to them. If it has none, it goes to the cashier who rang up the sale. Check the order on the invoice to see who was assigned.
What does Not cashed up mean in the Shift column?
The sale has not been through a cashup yet, for example today's trade. Its tip is still included and it moves to its real shift number once it is cashed up. A tip on a sale that was never cashed up is still counted when the sale date falls in your period.
Why do the tips here differ from the tips on the cashup reports?
This report also includes sales that are not cashed up yet and cashups that have not been posted. The cashup reports only show what is in the cashup. This report is the wider one, so it can show more.
Why does an employee show as Unknown?
The report could not match the employee on the sale to a current employee, for example because the employee was removed or the code was reused. The tip is still counted so no money is lost. Check the invoice, or contact AuraPOS support if it happens often.
Why is a tip I know about missing?
Check that the sale was completed (not voided or cancelled), that it falls in your trading days (look at your close of trade time) and that it is at this store. If it still does not appear, contact AuraPOS support with the invoice number.
What does the average tip % mean?
It is an employee's tips divided by what their tipped customers paid before the tip. It only covers sales that carried a tip, so it is higher than the share of all sales that tipped.
Can I see the sale behind a tip?
Yes. Click the invoice number on the line to open the invoice.
Glossary
- Average tip %
- An employee's tips divided by what their tipped customers paid before the tip.
- Cashier
- The employee who rang up the sale.
- Cashup
- The end-of-shift count and posting of a till or waiter shift.
- Close of trade
- The time your trading day ends. Sales after midnight and before it count towards the previous trading day.
- Driver or waiter
- The employee assigned to an order for delivery or table service.
- Not cashed up
- A sale that has not been through a cashup yet.
- POS total payment
- What the sale was paid, before the tip.
- Tip
- The extra amount a customer pays on top of the sale for the staff.
- Total payment
- The sale payment plus the tip.
- Trading day
- A day from one close of trade to the next.