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Split Square Receipts

Split receipts from any Square-powered business

Square powers millions of businesses—cafes, restaurants, food trucks, bars. Their digital receipts work great for individual purchases. But when one person pays for the table, that receipt goes to one email. Everyone else has to trust their memory.

$47 coffee order. Four people. Two oat milk lattes, two cold brews, a muffin split by two people, a croissant. One person paid. Square sent them the receipt. Now figure out who owes $11.75 vs. $14.20.

How to Split Square Receipts

  1. 1 Find your Square receipt Square emails receipts to the address linked to your payment card. Check your inbox for receipts@messaging.squareup.com.
  2. 2 Open the receipt Click the receipt link in the email. The full receipt opens in your browser.
  3. 3 Import into splitty Copy the URL and paste in splitty. If the receipt is itemized, everything appears. If it shows "custom amount," you'll need to add items manually.

What Square Receipts Include

Itemized line items
Yes. If merchant uses item library
Modifiers
Yes
Tax breakdown
Yes. Including VAT where applicable
Tip
Yes
Discounts
Yes. Shows discount amount
Merchant details
Yes
Transaction ID
Yes

Common Splitting Scenarios

Real situations, step-by-step solutions.

Cafe order with friends

easy

One person paid for multiple coffees and pastries.

  1. 1 Find the Square receipt email
  2. 2 Copy the receipt link
  3. 3 Paste in splitty—items appear
  4. 4 Assign each drink and pastry
  5. 5 Send requests

Restaurant with itemized bill

easy

Full dinner at a Square-powered restaurant.

  1. 1 Import receipt via URL
  2. 2 All menu items visible with prices
  3. 3 Assign to diners
  4. 4 Tax and tip split proportionally

"Custom amount" transactions

complex

Merchant entered total without itemizing.

  1. 1 URL Import shows just the total
  2. 2 Add items manually in splitty
  3. 3 Use the physical receipt or memory
  4. 4 Assign and split as normal

Questions

How does Square know my email?
When you use a card at a Square seller for the first time, you're asked for your email. Square links it to your card—future purchases at any Square merchant automatically send receipts to that email.
What if the receipt just shows a total?
Some merchants enter transactions as "custom amounts" without using Square's item library. In this case, the receipt won't be itemized. You can still use splitty's manual entry to add items yourself.
Does this work for Square Online orders?
Yes. Square Online orders send email confirmations with full itemization. Copy the order link and paste in splitty.
What if I'm at a Square restaurant but didn't get emailed?
Ask the merchant to print a paper receipt, then use splitty's camera to scan it. Same result, different method.
Is Square common?
Very. Square processes payments for 4+ million businesses in the US, from coffee shops to restaurants to food trucks. If you see a small white card reader, it's probably Square.

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