Splitting the bill

Also known as: splitting the bill, paying as a group, splitting the table.

Splitting the payment is not the same as splitting the bill

On the POS payment screen, there are two buttons with similar-sounding names that do different things:

• Split tender — this already existed. The bill is a single amount; what you’re splitting is how it’s paid: one part in cash, another by card, another with a voucher. It is still a single payment split across different payment methods.
• Split bill — this is the new feature on this page. What you are splitting is the total amount the table owes: you divide it into parts, and each part is charged separately, using whichever payment method each person chooses.

If five friends each want to pay their own share using their own card, that’s Split bill. If just one person pays part in cash and the rest by card, that’s Split tender.

Where to find it

On the payment screen for an open bill, next to the Split tender button, tap Split bill. A panel will open with the outstanding amount shown at the top.

Split equally

This is what appears first when you open the panel:

1. Under Between how many people?, tap the number of diners (from 2 to 20).
2. brasio calculates the amount per person and displays a tile for each one: Share 1, Share 2, etc., with their respective amounts.
3. Tap a share to collect payment — the standard payment flow (cash, card, voucher, etc.) opens with that amount already displayed.
4. Each share paid changes to Paid and can no longer be tapped.
5. Repeat until all parts have been paid.

You don’t need to charge them consecutively or in order — you can charge for Share 3 and leave the others for later during the same service.

By-item mode

If the split isn’t equal — for example, one person only had a beer whilst another had a full dinner — use Choose items instead of choosing a number of people:

1. Tap Choose items (below the number grid).
2. You’ll see each line on the bill with a −/+ counter. Add units to the current customer using the + button for each item.
3. A line with multiple units can be split: a line of 4 beers can be split into 2 for one person and 2 for another — it doesn’t mean the whole line has to go to one person.
4. Once that person’s products have been allocated, tap Add person to finalise their order and move on to the next one.
5. The counter on each line — for example 3 left — tells you how much of that line is still unallocated.
6. When you’ve finished, tap Confirm split. brasio calculates the exact amount for each share (including pro-rated discounts and tax) and takes you back to the share tiles, just as in Split equally mode.

An item does not need to be fully allocated before you confirm — whatever remains unallocated simply isn’t assigned to anyone yet; you can undo the split and redistribute if you’ve left something out.

If the bill changes whilst the split is in progress

If, whilst the shares are being collected, someone in the dining area adds another round to the table, brasio does not discard the split:

• The shares that have already been paid are frozen — their amounts do not change.
• The rest of the bill (the new items added, plus any outstanding amounts) is reallocated amongst the outstanding shares.
• The panel displays the message “The bill changed — unpaid shares have been recalculated” to make it clear why the figure has changed.

There’s no need to redo the split manually: brasio recalculates automatically, and what has already been paid remains unchanged.

Redistributing after someone has already paid

If you need to start the split from scratch — for example, if you’ve chosen the wrong mode or number of guests — and some shares have already been paid, brasio won’t let you create a new split straight away: you’ll see the message “Some shares are already paid — remove the split before re-splitting”.

Tap Remove split first. This does not refund or cancel anything that has already been charged — it simply deletes the split so you can create a new one from scratch based on the outstanding amount.

The table still has a single receipt

It doesn’t matter how many parts the bill is split into: the table closes with a single receipt and a single simplified invoice, with all payments (those for each part) listed on that same receipt. This is not a design decision of the interface — it is a tax requirement: Veri*Factu issues one invoicing record per settled receipt, not one per person who has paid. Splitting the bill determines who pays what, not how many invoices are generated.

If a customer requests their own separate invoice for the share they have paid, this is not possible within Split bill — it is a separate invoicing request and must be treated like any other request for an invoice in a third party’s name.

It doesn’t work

• The Split bill button doesn’t appear: check the bill is open and you’re on the payment screen, not the table layout.
• A share can’t be tapped: it is already Paid — it cannot be charged again. If the amount is incorrect, you must first reverse that payment (see Refunds and Reversals), not tap the share again.
• The amount of the outstanding shares has changed on its own: this is the automatic recalculation that happens when the bill changes — see the section above. It is not an error.
• It won’t let you create a new split: there are already paid shares from the previous split. Tap Remove split first.
• An item stays “unassigned” in item mode: check the counter on each line — as long as it shows more than 0 left, that quantity has not yet been allocated to anyone.