How do I input income from 3rd party delivery company DoorDash? They send a weekly statement with pre-tax total, their commission, and netpayout.

Hi there, erene.

It would show as the amount minus their commission. To record this, I suggest creating an invoice. Before doing that, you'll need to set up a service item for commission and post this as Expense account in the Product and Services section.

Here's how to set up commission as Service;

1. Click the Gear icon ans select Product and Services.

2. Click the New button.

3. Choose Services from Product/Service information.

4. In the Name field, type commission.

5. From the Income account box, select Expense account.

6. Make sure that you put a checkmark in the I sell this product/service to my customers box to see commission in the line item of the invoice.

7. Click the Save and close button.

Once done, you can now go to Invoice page and start recording the income. follow the steps below.

1. Click the Plus icon at the left panel. Then select Invoice.

2. Choose customer.

3. From Product and Services section, select an item in the first column and enter the amount in the amount field.

4. In the second column, choose the service item you've created(commission). Make sure to enter the number as negative amount.

5. In the Tax column, put a checkmark to the item you want to be taxed.

6. Click the Add subtotal button to add this option to the column.

7. Enter necessary information.

8. Click the Save and close button.

I attached a screenshot below for additional information.

Please know that you're always welcome to post if you have any other concerns. Wishing you and your business continued success.

Thank you for your reply but there is still some confusion. Let's take an example:

Order subtotal is $100 + tax $13.50 = $113.50

Door Dash commission is %23 pretax, so it would be $23.

When they send me the statement it shows pretax total of $100, tax $13.50, doordash commission $23, and net payout $90.50 (this is from the subtotal minus their commission, plus the sales tax). So $90.50 gets deposited into my account and at the beginning of the next month I pay the city meal tax and state meal tax (total 13.5%). When I do the meal taxes I have to show my gross sales (minus taxes) to calculate how much meal tax was collected. So when I create the weekly transaction (because they payout is once a week, not daily) into QuickBooks will I break it down to show the total amount of $113.50 or would I show only the net payout of $90.50? I am assuming in my sales I am showing that our sales were $113.50, not $90.50. And that I have an expense of $23 that Doordash withheld? And when I pay the taxes I am showing gross sales as $100, and not $77 (I got that from the subtotal minus the commission). 

Good to have you back, erene.

Yes, you need to record the total amount that shows $113.50 since it is your total sales including the tax. Whereas the $90.50 has already been deducted with your expense transaction which is the Doordash commission.

You can check these articles about sales tax for reference:

• E-filing and payments for Sales tax.
• Sales tax basics.

Please go back into this thread if you need more help.