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Accounting and invoicing for beauty creators

PR packages, tutorials, collaborations with cosmetics brands and affiliate codes: beauty creators get more products than they can use and still earn with reach. Saldiqo writes the invoices, lets you record PR packages as payment in kind and matches commissions.

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What comes up for beauty creators

Many PR packages

Cosmetics brands send products without a job and with a job. What is consideration and what is only a gift, you should keep apart cleanly.

Campaigns with formats

Tutorial, reels, stories and haul videos have a scope that belongs in the invoice.

Affiliate and discount codes

Commissions from codes and links arrive in small amounts from several brands.

How Saldiqo helps

  • Invoice with scopeFormats, rights and term as lines.
  • Record PR packagesName product and value in the invoice. For a pure exchange mark it paid with the payment method other.
  • Match commissionsUpload the bank statement and separate receipts by brand.
  • Capture receiptsRecord studio, lights, camera and travel as expenses.

Typical invoice lines

Examples that often appear on invoices in this industry. You set the prices yourself.

  • Tutorial video, 8 minutes, with product
  • Three reels for the product line
  • Story series, 6 frames with link
  • Payment in kind: PR package worth 200
  • Usage rights for ads, four months
  • Deposit on order confirmation

Tax and invoicing in the UK

What applies to invoices in the UK, in short. As of October 2026.

VAT
Standard rate 20 %, reduced rate 5 % and zero rate 0 %. Saldiqo calculates each invoice line with the rate you pick.
VAT registration
You must register once your taxable turnover passes £90,000 over any 12 months, or you expect to pass it within the next 30 days. You can deregister below £88,000. Until you are registered, your invoices show no VAT, and Saldiqo adds up your 12-month turnover for you.
What goes on an invoice
If you are VAT registered: your VAT number, the tax point, unit prices and the VAT total in pounds. A limited company shows its registered name on every invoice, and its company number, registered office and part of the UK on letters, order forms and the website.
E-invoicing
There is no mandate today. From April 2029 e-invoicing is planned for all B2B and B2G sales that carry VAT, through Peppol. The exact date and standard are not yet in law, and the government’s roadmap follows with the Budget on 28 October 2026.
VAT returns
VAT returns go to HMRC through Making Tax Digital, usually quarterly, due one month and seven days after the period. Saldiqo shows sales and VAT per rate and exports CSV. It does not submit to HMRC, and for Making Tax Digital you need software recognised by HMRC.
Record keeping
Keep VAT records for 6 years.
Late payment
Statutory interest on late business payments is the Bank Rate (3.75 % in the second half of 2026) plus 8 points, so 11.75 %. On top comes fixed compensation of £40, £70 or £100, depending on the amount owed (under £1,000, from £1,000, from £10,000). Consumers have no statutory interest.
Getting paid
Your sort code and account number are on every invoice. Customers pay by Faster Payments or Bacs, and banks check the account name with Confirmation of Payee. There is no QR standard in the UK.

Frequently asked questions

What about products I get without a job?

Gifts without consideration you clear with your tax adviser. Products given for content usually count as income at their value.

How do I match commissions from different brands?

After uploading the bank statement you see the receipts. You assign them to the brand and can use cost centres.

Do beauty creators in the UK have to charge VAT?

Only once they are VAT registered. Registration is required when taxable turnover passes £90,000 over any 12 months, or is expected to within the next 30 days. Below that you may register voluntarily. If you are not registered, you must not show VAT on your invoices.

Do beauty creators in the UK need e-invoicing?

Not today. A mandate for B2B and B2G sales with VAT is planned from April 2029, and the details were still open as of October 2026. You can keep sending PDF invoices for now.

How long should beauty creators keep invoices?

Keep VAT records for 6 years. You can store receipts digitally in Saldiqo. The legal duty to keep records stays with you.

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As of October 2026. General information, not legal or tax advice, without guarantee. For your case ask your tax adviser.