The IRS web site has a section of their Examiner’s Guide specific to the direct seller industry, such as commissioned salespeople and multi-level marketers of all types.

While the article does include tax information (some of it fairly technical), you’ll also find statistics and demographic information including the number of direct sellers, total income, growth in the industry, methods of selling and much more. For example, did you know that a typical direct seller spends 20% of their time on administrative and paperwork tasks?

Normally I try to avoid shameless plugs for our services in our blog, but think about that number. For a full-time seller, that’s 8 hours per week – one whole day per week – on administration and paperwork. What could you do differently if you had a whole extra day each week?

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