what is commission received
Commission Expense Accounting. A commission is a fee that a business pays to a salesperson in exchange for his or her services in either facilitating, supervising, or completing a sale.The commission may be based on a flat fee arrangement, or (more commonly) as a percentage of the revenue generated.nder the cash basis of accounting, you should record a commission when you pay it, so there is a credit to the cash account and a debit to the commission expense account. You can classify the commission expense as part of the cost of goods sold, since it directly relates to the sale of goods or services.