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Restaurant keep 2026 — Square Free 2.6% + 15¢ take-home

Planning math for owner keep after card processing you type. Default first paint: $1,000 in-person sales, 40 card tabs, Square Free 2.6% + 15¢ → card $32.00, KEEP $888.00. Tip-out 8% of sales you type = $80 (not 3%), COGS $0, labor $0, tax buffer $0, software $0 not baked in, Toast processing you type default 0 (not 2.49%). Caption: $1,000 in-person Square Free − 2.6% − 15¢ × 40 tabs. Official Square US (fee calculator + help article 5068). Not a staff-only tip-pool mill. Owner KEEP after card is the wedge. Confirm on Square Dashboard.

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Keep after in-person card fees you type

$888.00

$1,000 in-person Square Free − 2.6% − 15¢ × 40 tabs − tip-out 8% of sales you type. KEEP $888.00.

Card fees
$32.00
Tip-out
$80.00
Keep
$888.00
2 more plannersCard per tab. Same $1,000 with 8% tip-out of sales you type.

Card fee per tab

card$ ÷ tabs. Guarded if tabs ≤ 0.

$0.80

$32.00 ÷ 40 tabs = $0.80 on first paint.

8% tip-out of sales on $1,000

8% of sales you type = $80. Not 3%. Software $0. Toast default 0.

$80.00

First paint. KEEP = 1000 − 32 − 80 = $888.00. Owner KEEP after card is the wedge.

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Default $1,000 Square Free − 8% tip-out → $888.00 keep

You type every percent. Official Square Free in-person is 2.6% + 15¢.

Caption: $1,000 in-person Square Free − 2.6% − 15¢ × 40 tabs. Tip-out is 8% of sales you type, not 3%. Software $0. Toast 2.49% is not the default.

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The formula — you type every percent

card$ = sales × (card % ÷ 100) + tabs × (card $ / tab)
tip-out$ = sales × (tip-out % ÷ 100)
other cut$ = sales × (Toast/other % ÷ 100)
KEEP = sales − card$ − tip-out$ − COGS − labor − other cut$ − tax buffer$

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FAQ

What is keep on $1,000 in-person Square Free?

Default first paint: KEEP $888.00. Card$ = $1,000 × 2.6% + 40 × 15¢ = $26 + $6 = $32.00. Tip-out 8% of sales you type = $80. Software $0 not baked in. KEEP = 1000 − 32 − 80 = $888.00. Toast processing you type default 0 — not 2.49%. Official Square US: tap/dip/swipe 2.6% + 15¢ on Square Free.

Why 8% tip-out of sales, not 3%?

First paint types 8% of sales = $80, labeled 8% of sales you type — not 3%. KEEP = $888.00. Tip-out is yours to type. This is not a staff-only tip-pool mill. Owner KEEP after card is the wedge. Software $0 not baked in.

Are Square Plus/Premium or online rates the default?

No. Default is Square Free in-person tap/dip/swipe 2.6% + 15¢. Toast 2.49% is not used. Toast processing is user-typed, default 0. Online/invoices 3.3% + 30¢ and manual 3.5% + 15¢ are presets you type. Plus 2.5% + 15¢ and Premium 2.4% + 15¢ are also typed. Confirm on Square Dashboard.

Do you resell POS or run a Toast CPA?

No. We don’t resell POS hardware. Square affiliate is untracked. Toast is channel/integration — skipped as a simple calc CPA (pos.toasttab.com/partners listed untracked if you want the public partners page).

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