A device, preferably of credit card thickness and possessing credit-card
utility by way of a magnetic swipe for determining portioned fees to paid
by each of a multiplicity of entities "1-n" acquiring a number of items
"1-x" presented under a single invoice having a CPU for determining
calculations and receiving information relative to each of "1-n" and
"1-x" for each of the entities; a display for displaying the items and
fees for each of said entities; an information storage and retrieval
system for storing for each of the number of entities "1-n" and items
"1-x," the cost for each item, tax to be applied for each item, the tip
to be applied for each item, and summing for each item as well as the
total for all entities; review of the invoice against the sum of all
entities; and comparison for comparing the invoice against the sum. The
device is utilized for food available to be purchased by way of a menu in
a restaurant and items available from a store. The device also includes a
method for determining portioned fees to paid by each of a multiplicity
of entities "1-n" acquiring a number of items "1-x" presented under a
single invoice, having an invoice total to one or more of the entities;
one of the entities "1-n" enters one of the items of "1-x" by
description; the one of the entities enters the cost of the item; the of
the entities enters the tax and/or tip on the item; the are repeated
until "n" is reached; and upon reaching "n" the sum is displayed and
verified against the invoice.