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McSpike · 02-11-2010, 04:52 AM

We have a company, affiliate programs (sponsors) have a company. We provide them a service of marketing their products through their affiliate program.

Yet not one affiliate program has ever asked us to send them an invoice for the service we provided in order to pay us. And we've worked with over 400 of them.

How do they justify the payment as a tax deductible expense without our invoices?

Do they treat all affiliates as natural persons (who don't need to issue invoices) and therefore disregard the fact that we are actually a company they should get an invoice from?

Where's the catch?

02-11-2010, 04:52 AM
McSpike Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1,042	Why no invoices are needed for payments from affiliate programs? We have a company, affiliate programs (sponsors) have a company. We provide them a service of marketing their products through their affiliate program. Yet not one affiliate program has ever asked us to send them an invoice for the service we provided in order to pay us. And we've worked with over 400 of them. How do they justify the payment as a tax deductible expense without our invoices? Do they treat all affiliates as natural persons (who don't need to issue invoices) and therefore disregard the fact that we are actually a company they should get an invoice from? Where's the catch?