Please tell me how I am doing this wrong. I donate a GC as a promotional GC from my restaurant and record in a Liability Account and expense it as Advertising. Then when the customer comes to my restaurant and buys a meal and pays with that GC, I am recording income which cancels out my advertising expense. I am now at Net "0" with no expense for my advertising. How can I record a promo/donated GC redeemed different than a "sold GC" so I still benefit from the advertising expense?
