Accounting and invoicing for TikTok Shop affiliates
You recommend products in TikTok Shop, receive samples and earn commission when someone buys. The money arrives in small amounts from the platform, plus sometimes fixed deals with brands. Saldiqo keeps both apart, writes the invoices for brands and holds samples, commissions and expenses together.
What comes up for TikTok Shop affiliates
Many small payouts
The platform pays commission in instalments, often with a delay. Every payment has to be assignable to a period, or year-end is a puzzle.
Samples and free products
You get products to test, and some brands pay a fixed fee on top. The sample counts as income if it is consideration for your videos.
A platform abroad
Payouts come from a company in another country. How you treat them for tax depends on the case.
How Saldiqo helps
- Match payoutsUpload the bank statement. Saldiqo shows which receipts belong to which invoice and lets you review the rest as income.
- Invoices to brandsFor fixed deals with brands you write an invoice with videos, rights and term.
- Record samplesIf you get a product on top of a fee, you state product and value in the invoice. For a pure exchange you mark it paid with the payment method other.
- Gear and expensesPhotograph receipts and capture them as expenses: lights, mic, props, software.
Typical invoice lines
Examples that often appear on invoices in this industry. You set the prices yourself.
- Product video, 30 seconds, with link in profile
- Extended use of the footage, 30 days
- Fixed fee for three videos a month
- Payment in kind: product sample worth 60
- Extra video with a different hook
- Deposit on the monthly contract
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
Do I have to record TikTok commissions as income?
Yes, they are part of your income. How they are treated for tax you clear with your tax adviser, especially when the payout comes from a company abroad.
How do I handle product samples?
Samples you receive as payment for videos usually count as income at their value. Record product and value. Pure test samples without consideration you clear with your tax adviser.
Do TikTok Shop affiliates 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 TikTok Shop affiliates 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 TikTok Shop affiliates 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.