thread Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more in Archived Discussions (Read Only)

Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more?

RSG971 — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:31:54 GMT

We are a restaurant that has a lot of seasonal customer and people from out of town traveling in large groups. On our old POS we would apply an 18% gratuity to parties of 6 or more to ensure our tipped servers did not get stiffed. Is there a way to set this up as a modifier to the whole check?

Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more

VanKalkerFarms — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:22:55 GMT

there is not a way to automatically add a gratuity.

Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more

lilacthai — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 00:49:24 GMT

Sounds like time to fix that....instead of just saying no...

Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more

3KingsKasbar — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 22:56:38 GMT

We are a Paint and Party business, which also serves food, but not a full scale restaurant. so we dont want to switch to Square for Restaurants, we just want the auto gratuity for parties of 6 or more. so when is the solution coming FOR ALL? Every other POS system has it, so what's the hold up!!!

Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more

EJ_ — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:02:08 GMT

Hi @3KingsKasbar

There's no timeline on this at the moment unfortunately. What you can do is create an item with a variable price with the name "Gratuity". You can then calculate the amount needing to be added and apply it to each payment accordingly.

Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more

Helen — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 01:13:24 GMT

Quick update to this thread, with Square for Restaurants you can set up Automatic Gratuity to automatically apply gratuity to tables over a certain size.

To set this up you need be subscribed to Square for Restaurants, and then sign in to your online Square Dashboard to follow these steps:

Sign in to your online Dashboard at squareup.com/login.
Click Points of Sale > Service Settings > then click Automatic Gratuity.
Select the location that you want to enable this setting.
Toggle Allow Automatic Gratuity ON and enter the details.
Click Save.

Re: Is it possible to add an "Auto gratuity" to a bill, i.e. 18% to parties of six or more

JGorske — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:12:49 GMT

Is there any updates to this? Can regular square customers who use Square POS add an auto-gratuity to certain tickets?