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Bookkeep automatically captures and posts **Shopify tips (gratuities)** in a way that ensures clear visibility, accurate reporting, and proper separation from sales revenue.

This article explains how tips are handled and where they appear in your accounting system.

## How Bookkeep Handles Shopify Tips  
Bookkeep automatically identifies Shopify tip amounts and posts them to a dedicated line:

**Gratuity Collected (line in your mapping setup)**

This ensures:

- Tips are **separated from sales revenue**
- Financials remain clean and auditable
- Reporting reflects true operational earnings

## Accounting Treatment  
When a Shopify order includes a tip, Bookkeep:

1. Detects the gratuity amount from the Shopify transaction data
2. Excludes it from product sales and tax calculations
3. Posts it to a dedicated **Gratuity Collected line item** in your accounting system

## Why This Matters  
Separating tips from sales provides:

### 1. Clean Revenue Reporting  
- Product sales remain accurate and uninflated
- Tips are not incorrectly treated as revenue

### 2. Clear Liability or Pass-Through Tracking  
- Tips can be tracked independently depending on your accounting treatment

### 3. Improved Transparency  
- Clear visibility into customer gratuities

## Mapping Behavior  
The **Gratuity Collected line** can be:
- Mapped to a liability account (common for pass-through tips)
- Or mapped to income if your accounting policy treats tips as revenue

Bookkeep gives flexibility based on your accounting requirements.

## Summary  
Bookkeep automatically captures Shopify tips and posts them to a dedicated **Gratuity Collected line**, ensuring that gratuities are clearly separated from sales revenue and accurately reflected in your accounting system for full transparency and clean financial reporting.