[GNC] Commission sales and business features

[R. Victor Klassen]

We occasionally sell something through a third party acting in a broker role.  Which is to say the item is never the possession of the party who does the sale - or at least not owned by them.  

When I do the invoice I do not know the actual customer so I create a pseudo customer as a stand-in.  I put in line items for everything sold and then I would like to have a item for commission which reduces the total amount owed. 

Adding to the complexity is that commission is taxable,  while none of the other line items is. 

Here’s the question:   The commission should be booked against cost of sales which is an expense.  Invoices don’t permit expenses, just assets, income and liabilities.  

How do folks normally treat this?

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