Accounting and invoicing for career consultants
Application documents, salary negotiation, career change and outplacement: career consultants sell packages to private clients and consulting to companies. Saldiqo writes invoices with package scope, creates instalments and bills outplacement programmes to companies.
What comes up for career consultants
Packages for private clients
CV, cover letter, interview training and salary negotiation are sold as a package.
Outplacement for companies
Companies pay for departing staff. The invoice goes to the company.
Small amounts, many clients
Many consultations are small jobs with a few hundred euros.
How Saldiqo helps
- Packages as itemsApplication documents, interview training, salary negotiation.
- Instalments as a recurring invoicePart payments on schedule.
- Company invoice for outplacementInvoice to the company with headcount.
- Turnover limit in viewSaldiqo shows how much turnover is still free.
Typical invoice lines
Examples that often appear on invoices in this industry. You set the prices yourself.
- Application package: CV and cover letter
- Interview training, 90 minutes
- Salary negotiation, coaching
- Outplacement programme, 3 months, 1 person
- LinkedIn profile review
- Extra hour by effort
Tax and invoicing in Cyprus
What applies to invoices in Cyprus, in short. As of October 2026.
- VAT
- Rates 19 %, 9 %, 5 % and 3 %, plus 0 % until 31 December 2026 for infant milk, nappies, hygiene products and fresh fruit and vegetables.
- VAT registration
- The threshold is €15,600 of taxable turnover over 12 months, or expected within the next 30 days. If you sell services to businesses in other EU countries, you generally register from the first sale. Until you are registered, Saldiqo leaves VAT off and adds up your turnover.
- What goes on an invoice
- Even businesses that are not VAT registered must issue invoices and receipts. Companies show their name, HE number, the words “private company” where they apply, and their registered office. Notes such as reverse charge appear in Greek and English.
- Invoice timing
- Issue invoices within 30 days.
- E-invoicing
- There is no mandate. Public bodies accept e-invoices (Peppol BIS 3.0) and suppliers send them voluntarily. EU rules follow from 1 July 2030.
- VAT returns
- VAT4 returns are filed online through TFA, quarterly with staggered periods, by the 10th of the second month after the period, moved to the next working day if it falls on a weekend. Saldiqo does not file returns.
- Record keeping
- Plan for 10 years. The minimum is 6 years, VAT records can need up to 7 years, and OSS records 10 years.
- Late payment
- Interest on late business payments is 10.40 %, plus €40 compensation between businesses.
- Languages
- Use Saldiqo in Greek or English and send invoices in either language.
Frequently asked questions
How do I bill outplacement to companies?
With an invoice to the company, participants and programme as lines.
Can I bill instalments automatically?
Yes. A recurring invoice creates the instalment on a fixed date.
Do career consultants in Cyprus have to charge VAT?
Once they are registered, yes. The threshold is €15,600 over 12 months, or expected within 30 days. Services to businesses in other EU countries require registration from the first sale.
Do career consultants in Cyprus need e-invoicing?
No. Public bodies accept e-invoices through Peppol and suppliers use it voluntarily. EU rules follow from July 2030, so PDF invoices remain fine today.
How long should career consultants keep invoices?
Plan for 10 years: the minimum is 6 years, VAT records can need up to 7 and OSS records 10. 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.