Avon Hints and Tips (Part 3)

nixnax_2

64 books to collect in tonight. Lets hope it's been a good one!

Aesop

good luck nixnax. hope you have lots of orders

Aesop

Avon is a member of the Direct Selling Association (DSA) and as such has agreed to abide by the DSA Code of Business Conduct.

The Code of Business Conduct requires at clause 9.3 as follows:

"Members, sponsors and direct sellers shall not entice or solicit direct sellers from other members or other direct selling companies."

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) has recently contacted Avon to raise concerns regarding adherence to the code by our direct sellers.


oh dear....

Elliebee_2

Hmmm! Wonder what that means in real terms

I've often wondered how Avon stacks up against the pyramid selling regs., after all, if you are a SL then you are recruiting people and profiting from their earnings...is that not a kind of pyramid selling? I hope not for the sake of all our SL's on here.

nixnax_2

Sounds ominous!

lozza1985

NO its nothing bad as such, just cracking down on people who don't follow the rules - there have been quite a few SL who have been trying to "Poach" reps/SL from other peoples teams, with the promise that their team is better.

MarsdenCuckoo

This is going to make me sound reeeeally stupid but I've just completed a survey for Avon (is this a random request, something that happens generally after your first 6 campaigns or should I be worried that I'm doing something wrong that they're 'investigating' in some way? ) - sorry, diverted there.....

Anyway, one of the questions was whether my last invoice was correct - here's how stupid I think, maybe, I've been..... I never actually check the amounts. :eek: I check off that the items have arrived and quickly scan the item prices but I never sit down and check the invoice charges/credits to me. Am I on my own and more to the point are there usually a lot of mistakes?

koeksister

lozza1985 wrote: »

When I submitted my tax return last month, as my turnover is less than £30k all I needed to put was total income (ie total money from customers) and total costs (costs of products, but also books, bags etc) and that gives the profit that you pay tax on. They don't actually need to know what the actual costs are in any more detail.

Hi lozza1985

I am finding the tax stuff very daunting and hope you can help.

I am looking at the "self employment (short)" form. You mentioned you entered your total income (ie total money from customers) and your total costs (costs of products, but also books, bags etc). I have been sitting studying the form and is just wondering if ts under number 8 and then number 19 of the form and then just the difference in box 20 if profit is made or 21 if loss is made? Is that what you filled in?
Also under your total income am I correct in thinking that it includes any fast start bonusses and any commission we made off our teams as well.
I am trying to get myself into some sort of system so I don't have to stress closer to the time, but I am getting myself so worked up since I am trying to be too organized accounting for every little thing. The way you've done it sounds much better.

Just want to say thank you to everybody on this forum as well for all the handy tips, ideas and knowlege that you share. It is really appreciated.:T

xxx

lozza1985

koeksister wrote: »

Hi lozza1985

I am finding the tax stuff very daunting and hope you can help.

I am looking at the "self employment (short)" form. You mentioned you entered your total income (ie total money from customers) and your total costs (costs of products, but also books, bags etc). I have been sitting studying the form and is just wondering if ts under number 8 and then number 19 of the form and then just the difference in box 20 if profit is made or 21 if loss is made? Is that what you filled in?
Also under your total income am I correct in thinking that it includes any fast start bonusses and any commission we made off our teams as well.
I am trying to get myself into some sort of system so I don't have to stress closer to the time, but I am getting myself so worked up since I am trying to be too organized accounting for every little thing. The way you've done it sounds much better.

Just want to say thank you to everybody on this forum as well for all the handy tips, ideas and knowlege that you share. It is really appreciated.:T

xxx

I'm at work so can't check, but yes those sections sound right. Yes any fsb/commission from our teams would go into earnings as well. I'd think of everything you can for your costs though, to keep your "profit" to a minimum (ie be a little creative ) I have a folder which I've put a "Poly pocket" for each month in, and put my receipts for things I've bought into it (for any stationary, bags etc - anything I don't get from avon), and on my invoices I just highlight the products that I bought for myself / free gifts etc so that I know when it comes to my tax return that I didn't earn anything on those items. I would try to account for everything - is as much as it means you will be paying less tax, but you don't necessarily to have extensive records for it, afterall the tax man isn't going to expect an avon lady to have fantastic records, just reasonable ones to show your incomings/out goings. It isn't that bad when you get round to it.

lozza1985

MarsdenCuckoo wrote: »

This is going to make me sound reeeeally stupid but I've just completed a survey for Avon (is this a random request, something that happens generally after your first 6 campaigns or should I be worried that I'm doing something wrong that they're 'investigating' in some way? ) - sorry, diverted there.....

Anyway, one of the questions was whether my last invoice was correct - here's how stupid I think, maybe, I've been..... I never actually check the amounts. :eek: I check off that the items have arrived and quickly scan the item prices but I never sit down and check the invoice charges/credits to me. Am I on my own and more to the point are there usually a lot of mistakes?

WHen I check my delivery (ie tick against each item on the invoice that I've actually got the product to check for missing items) I do a cursery glance at the prices to see if anything obvious is wrong, in the year I've been doing avon I've never noticed anything be wrong. HOwever, MIL, as she forgot to enter the voucher code as well as the special code for the discounted makeup in C2, noticed she had been overcharged, but we've managed to sort that out.