hi, if we want to donate one day sale to covid relief, how it should be treated in our accounting books.
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This discussion clarifies the accounting treatment for donating a one-day online sale to a COVID relief foundation. The sale amount should not be recorded as revenue but treated as a donation expense in the P&L. Importantly, the GST collected on these sales is a liability to the government and cannot be donated.
Then the donation should not be recorded as revenue by the company. It will be treated as Donation given in P&L or in Balance sheet. It should be treated as expenses