This English edition summarizes how a couple with unequal incomes can split shared bills proportionally instead of cutting everything in half.
This English edition gives you the practical summary first, with the same editorial focus as the Portuguese article: clarity, fair splitting, transparency, and calmer money decisions for two.
What this guide covers
- Why unequal income is the rule, not the exception, for couples in Brazil — and what the 50/50 split quietly costs the lower earner.
- A four-step method to calculate each partner's proportional share, with a worked example in reais (R$ 6,000 and R$ 4,000 incomes).
- Three models to choose from together: strict income proportion, proportion adjusted for fixed personal commitments, and a mixed approach.
How it connects to dividi
In dividi, the proportional agreement is saved on the Shared Account: you set each member's percentage once (it must add up to 100%), and every shared expense is split in that proportion automatically — then dividi sums the month's differences and suggests the settling transfer, so both partners see the same split in real time.
Read the original article
The complete Portuguese article is still available here: Dividir contas quando um ganha mais que o outro. We are expanding the English archive with the same structure and visual standard as the main dividi site.
Editorial pillar: Financial education.
