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Accounting and invoicing for creators

Brands pay with money, with products or with both. Platforms pay commissions, brands book videos with usage rights, and the gear wants to be written off. Saldiqo writes your invoices, shows what is paid and lets you record what you received in return.

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What comes up for creators

Many clients, small amounts

A video for one brand, a package for the next, commissions from platforms in between. Every job needs its invoice and every payment has to be matched to a job.

Money and products

Brands send products, sometimes instead of money, sometimes on top. The package is part of the payment, and you should record what it was worth.

Usage rights and packages

One video, three variants, raw footage, use as an ad for six months: brands buy more than footage, and the invoice should show it.

Gear and expenses

Camera, lights, microphone, computer, software and travel are business costs that add up over the year.

How Saldiqo helps

  • Invoice with scopeYou create videos, variants, usage rights and raw footage as lines. The brand sees what it pays for.
  • Deposit before productionFrom the quote you create the deposit invoice. The final invoice deducts it.
  • Record payment in kindIf you got a product instead of money, you write the invoice as usual, state product and value in the description and mark it paid with the payment method other.
  • Match paymentsUpload the bank statement or platform payout, and Saldiqo suggests the matching invoice.
  • Receipts from the shootPhotograph the receipt with your phone and capture it as an expense, including props and travel.

Typical invoice lines

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

  • Video, 30 seconds, vertical, concept and production
  • Two extra variants with a different hook
  • Usage rights for paid ads, six months
  • Raw footage and project files
  • Payment in kind: product package worth 180
  • Deposit 50 % before production starts

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 treat free products?

Products you receive from brands in return for content usually count as income at their value for tax. How you treat them in your case, you clear with your tax adviser. In Saldiqo you record product and value in the invoice.

Can I invoice brands abroad?

Yes. For businesses in other EU countries you choose the tax type reverse charge. For brands outside the EU you clear with your tax adviser which rule applies.

Do I need a business registration as a creator?

That depends on your country and your activity. Saldiqo writes invoices and calculates, but does not replace advice on registration.

Do creators 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 creators 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 creators 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.