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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 Malta

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

VAT
Rates 18 %, 12 %, 7 % and 5 %. Malta has no zero rate in law. Exports, EU supplies, food and medicines are exempt with credit, which lets you reclaim input VAT. Exempt without credit does not.
Article 11 small undertakings
With up to €35,000 of domestic turnover a year you can be exempt under Article 11. The status ends on the day the limit is passed, and you still register with the VAT department. Saldiqo adds the exemption note and leaves VAT off.
Tax invoice or fiscal receipt
A tax invoice is issued only when the customer gives you a VAT number. Otherwise a fiscal receipt from an approved system is required. Saldiqo writes invoices. It is not a fiscal receipt system, and a Saldiqo PDF does not replace a fiscal receipt.
Invoice timing
Issue the invoice by the 15th of the following month, or when payment arrives if that comes first. Simplified invoices are allowed up to €100.
E-invoicing
There is no mandate. Public bodies accept e-invoices through Peppol (EN 16931). The tax authority plans e-invoicing and real-time reporting but has set no dates, and EU rules apply from 1 July 2030.
VAT returns
Returns are due by the 15th day of the second month after the period, with 7 extra days when you file and pay electronically. Article 11 businesses file a yearly declaration by 15 February. Saldiqo does not file returns.
Record keeping
VAT records for 6 years, income tax records for 9 years and company records for 10 years. Plan for 10 years.
Late payment
Interest on late business payments is 10.40 %, plus €40 compensation between businesses.
Languages
Use Saldiqo in English or Maltese and send invoices in either language.

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 Malta have to charge VAT?

If you are registered under Article 10, yes. Small undertakings under Article 11 with domestic turnover of up to €35,000 a year are exempt from charging VAT, but the status ends on the day the limit is passed.

Do beauty creators in Malta need a fiscal receipt?

Sales to consumers need a fiscal receipt from an approved fiscal receipt system, and Article 11 businesses use one for all sales. Saldiqo is not such a system. It covers tax invoices to customers who give you their VAT number.

How long should beauty creators keep invoices?

VAT records for 6 years, income tax records for 9 years and company records for 10 years, so plan for 10 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.