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human
Are donations counted as part of GDP?

Say a business donates 30 million to medical research.  Is that counted as an investment or is not counted as part of GDP since it's technically not a market transaction?
gpt
Yes, they are counted in GDP.

On the expenditure side they're counted when the medical research charity spends the money. On the income side they're counted when the business initially gains the money as profit.