Product updates, operational insights, and compliance guidance for tip pooling and transparency in Canadian restaurants.
If you operate a Canadian restaurant, the CRA cares how your tips are pooled, distributed, and recorded. Here is the practical difference between controlled and direct tips — and how to stay onside in 2026.
By Jenna Oosterholt
The spreadsheet feels free. It isn't. Between manager hours, rounding drift, and the audits nobody plans for, manual tip calculations quietly cost the average Canadian restaurant more than their tip software ever would.
Keegan Francis
A good tip-out policy isn't about generosity — it's about fairness, clarity, and a paper trail. Here's the step-by-step we walk every restaurant through when they're building one from scratch.
Tippopotamus