FUNDRAISERS AND CHARITIES
Fundraising is regulated by law in most (if not all) states. You should consult an attorney to ensure you comply with your state's regulations before undertaking fundraising activities with your Paparazzi business. If you are complying with the law of your state, here are some things to keep in mind.
For fundraisers and charitable donations: Consultants can choose how much money to donate from their sales.
Paparazzi recommends always using the mandated prices, even for fundraisers. Consultants are solely responsible for consulting with their local tax advisors about whether they have incurred sales tax liability if they sell Paparazzi Accessories above the mandated prices. If there is a liability, the Consultant will be responsible for remitting the sales tax (on the difference between the mandated and actual sales prices) to their state sales tax commissions. See General Sales Tax Information. Paparazzi does not provide tax or legal advice to Consultants.
Consultants can give away and/or donate as many Paparazzi Accessories as they choose. If the Accessories given to charities or fundraisers are to be raffled or auctioned, the Consultants themselves cannot do the raffling (pursuant to Section 5.11 of Paparazzi Policies and Procedures). The organization receiving the Accessories must conduct the raffle. If the Consultant conducts the auction, prices for the Accessories must start at the mandated prices. If the charity conducts the auction, there is no such restriction on the charity.
A Consultant can host a fundraiser for third parties (non-household members). For example, a fundraiser for a neighbor who has a house fire or a friend who needs help with her baby's funeral expenses. A Consultant can post about fundraisers for children's school, sports, Girl Scouts or Scouts, church, dance, and cheer, where those fundraisers are sponsored by third parties (the school, the team, the organization, the church, etc.). The Consultant can post these fundraisers on their personal page—even when Paparazzi is mentioned or sold there—and not their Paparazzi business page.
No fundraiser should be posted on the Consultant's personal page or the business page where Paparazzi is mentioned or sold if the Consultant's household sponsors the fundraiser and it benefits the Consultant's household. See SECOND BUSINESSES.
Consultants have an ethical obligation to actually donate the advertised proceeds to the named charitable cause.