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title: "Approve a Tip Distribution"
slug: "approve-a-tip-distribution"
description: "Approve a pending tip distribution from the Tip Automation page. Approved distributions lock and add earnings to employee records."
updated: 2026-08-27T16:20:37Z
published: 2026-08-27T16:20:37Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/approve-a-tip-distribution"
stale: true
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Approve a Tip Distribution

## **Security**

**Only users with the following permission will be able to approve tip distributions.**

Labor → Tip Automation → Approve Distributions

These permissions can be added to [custom user roles](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/custom-user-roles) or [individual users](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/users-overview-and-security). The [Permission Access report](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/generating-a-permissions-access-report) can be used to determine which user roles or users already have these permissions assigned. For more information, see [User Setup and Security](/doc/docs/user-setup-security-and-location-access).

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## **Approve a Tip Distribution**

> [Test distributions](/doc/docs/test-a-tip-automation-rule) **cannot** be approved. They can be deleted.

After navigating to the [Tip Automation page](/doc/docs/tip-auto-page), follow these steps to approve a tip distribution:

****1)** Click on the **Pending** tab.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image(958).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

****2)** Click the **View** button for the desired tip distribution.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image(960).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

****3) Review** the tip distribution details**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image(965).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

****4)** Click **Approve** in the top right corner of the page**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image(962).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

****5)** Click 'Approve' to confirm that related tip earnings should be added to the DSS.**

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image(964).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

After tip distributions are approved, tips owed will be added to the DSS as 'Tips' earnings. Cash tips already paid to contributing employees will be added as ‘Previously Paid Tips' earnings.

The tip distribution will now be locked and will not recalculate when changes are made to the DSS. To recalculate a tip distribution, it must first be unapproved.

> [Test distributions](/doc/docs/test-a-tip-automation-rule) **cannot** be approved. They can be deleted.

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## Approve a Tip Distribution From Payroll Hub

Payroll Hub checks for unapproved tip distributions for the current pay period as a readiness item. This card appears only when Payroll Hub and Tip Automation are both enabled.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-TSNBKYXX.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

1. Click the **Tip Distributions** readiness card.
2. Click Approve on the distribution

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-PIL3IRNS.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

### Review and Approve From the Review Dialog

1. Click the **Tip Distributions** readiness card.
2. Click **Review** on the distribution
3. Click **Approve** in the review panel footer.

> [!NOTE]
> *Optional*: click Open distribution
> 
> Opens the distribution detail page on the existing [Tip Automation page](https://docs.restaurant365.com/docs/en/tip-auto-page), documented earlier in this article, in a new tab.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-2LPIXLG2.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-W4VGA3JH.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T16%3A32%3A28Z&se=2026-10-28T17%3A32%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=pxYBf2Uus1RVAc1SoLdFLUy95H2FQ8FQiMQzMoWhmrs%3D)

A defined date range on the payroll calendar during which employee hours and earnings are accumulated. When a pay period ends, R365 automatically creates a pay run for that period.