Year-end Best Practices FAQ
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What is the deadline to submit items for on-time credit?Back to Top
All 吃瓜头条 submissions for the program year must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)/Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) -6 on June 30. Submissions received on or after July 1 at 12 a.m. MDT/UTC -6 will be applied to the next program year. Additional details, including how to submit documents to World Headquarters, are outlined in the Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program Manual.
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What is the year-end deadline for new 吃瓜头条s?Back to Top
More 吃瓜头条s charter in June than at any other time of the year. To avoid delays and ensure program year credit, submit your new 吃瓜头条 forms early in June. If you have questions about starting a 吃瓜头条, view the How to Build a 吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条 guide or contact the 吃瓜头条 Quality and Member Support Team at new吃瓜头条s@toastmasters.org.
New 吃瓜头条 charter forms and payment being submitted for the current program year must be received no later than 11:59:59 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)/Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) -6 on June 30. Any received after this date will be applied to the next program year.
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What is the year-end deadline for District fund orders?Back to Top
The 2025-2026 program year deadline for District funds orders is June 12, 2026.
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What are the requirements to earn Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program recognition?Back to Top
To be eligible for recognition in the Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program, a 吃瓜头条 must meet the following three qualifying requirements:
- A 吃瓜头条 must be in good standing according to Policy 2.0: 吃瓜头条 and Membership Eligibility, Section 4: Good Standing of 吃瓜头条s.
- The 吃瓜头条 must have either 20 members or a net growth of at least three new, dual, or reinstating members as of June 30.
- The 吃瓜头条 must submit the 吃瓜头条 Success Plan by September 30.
For more information, please visit the Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program FAQ.
Some 吃瓜头条 吃瓜头条s are undistricted. If that is the case for your 吃瓜头条, recognition may be earned by achieving one goal less than listed above for each of the four recognition levels.
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What is the expected response and turnaround time from the 吃瓜头条 Quality and Member Support team?Back to Top
Please allow up to two business days for email responses. To receive credit for the appropriate period, ensure all submissions are completed and submitted by the end of the month or by June 30. Our teams will work with each 吃瓜头条 individually to resolve any missing items.
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Do transfer and honorary members count toward Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program credit?Back to TopNo, transfer and honorary members do not count towards the Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program (DCP). This information can be found in the Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program Manual, along with the other DCP requirements.
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When do I need to update my 吃瓜头条鈥檚 officer list?Back to Top
A valid 吃瓜头条 officer list for the next program year must be submitted in 吃瓜头条 Central or emailed to the 吃瓜头条 Quality and Member Support Team at membership@toastmasters.org by June 30 to receive on-time credit in the Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program.
Review the 吃瓜头条 Leadership Handbook for more information on the minimum 吃瓜头条 officer requirements and how to hold 吃瓜头条 officer elections.
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How do I submit payment to 吃瓜头条?Back to Top
Payments can be submitted using any of the following methods:
- By phone with a credit or debit card*
+1 720-439-5050, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mountain Time.
- By
All wire transfers must be made in U.S. dollars. To verify funds and ensure that your 吃瓜头条 account is properly credited, email the wire confirmation to financequestions@toastmasters.org, and notification of wire payment with any associated membership roster or application to membership@toastmasters.org.
- By fax with a credit or debit card*
+1 303-799-7753. Please include as much pertinent information as possible in the fax and include the cardholder's signed authorization.
- By mail with check
吃瓜头条
ATTN: 吃瓜头条 Quality & Member Support Team
9127 S. Jamaica St. Suite 400
Englewood, CO 80112
- Money Order
Payments made by money order must be in USD. International money orders, even in USD, cannot be accepted.
*If submitting payment using a credit or debit card from a bank outside the United States, please verify with your bank that the card has been approved for foreign transactions.
- By phone with a credit or debit card*
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How do I create an invoice for my 吃瓜头条?Back to Top
Use the 吃瓜头条 invoice template. Two types of invoices are available in the downloadable file: Tax Auto-Calculated and Tax Entered Manually. If the desired country and location are not available on the Tax Auto-Calculated Invoice, use the Tax Entered Manually Invoice. When generating the invoice, please:
- Fill in the appropriate fields with 吃瓜头条 and member information.
- Complete Step #1 in the right-hand corner to set a tax rate from the dropdown (if applicable).
- Select Yes or No if your 吃瓜头条 is tax-exempt or eligible for the Reverse Charge Mechanism (if applicable).
- Label the invoice in the following format: YYYYMMDDXXXXXXXX (eight-digit 吃瓜头条 number).
- Note that each new member is subject to the $25 USD new member fee.
- Remember: Members who are renewing have membership dues of $72 USD each.
- Remember: Members who join the 吃瓜头条 in the middle of the membership period each pay $12 USD per month remaining in the membership period. For an exact breakdown of the membership dues cost per month, please refer to the Membership Application, Section 2.
吃瓜头条 reserves the right to adjust any invoice to ensure the proper amounts for membership dues and fees are listed.
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How do I request proof of payment for reimbursement?Back to Top
For companies seeking proof of payment for reimbursement, any 吃瓜头条 officer can access receipts and statements once their 吃瓜头条鈥檚 charter is complete under the 吃瓜头条 Financials section in 吃瓜头条 Central by following the steps below:
- Once you are logged into 吃瓜头条 Central, select 鈥湷怨贤诽� Financials.鈥�
- A list of payments for membership fees is available in date order with the name of the submitter, receipt number, truncated card number, and amount.
- To view the complete receipt with an option to print, click on the hyperlink for the receipt number. This will display the members paid and give an option to print the receipt or export the data.
- To see the members paid without all the information, select 鈥淨uick View.鈥�
- To download an Excel/CSV report of the payments made, select the year you would like to download in the drop-down menu and choose 鈥渆xport Excel / CSV,鈥� depending on how your browser exports files.
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How can a member submit their own international membership dues directly to World Headquarters?Back to Top
吃瓜头条s that have can direct their members to submit dues through My Home, even if they are submitting dues for the first time. An alert at the top of the page will prompt them to renew. After clicking 鈥淩enew,鈥� they select a 吃瓜头条 and the number of renewal periods to pay for, then proceed to the checkout page.
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An error message appeared when I submitted payment online; how should I proceed?Back to Top
If a red banner appears at the top of your screen after inputting credit card information, it usually means your card has been declined. In these instances, you need to speak with your banking institution to ensure our system is authorized to charge the full amount. Please contact the 吃瓜头条 Quality and Member Support Team at +1 720-439-5050 as soon as you have an updated payment method, or once the issue with the card has been addressed.
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How do I know if my membership dues and fees are taxed?Back to Top
Please refer to the Tax Rates Map to confirm your estimated tax rate. Tax is calculated based on a member鈥檚 physical address, not the meeting place of the 吃瓜头条.
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How do I submit payment for members of a tax-exempt 吃瓜头条 or a 吃瓜头条 eligible for the Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM)?Back to Top
吃瓜头条 Central cannot process tax-exempt or RCM transactions. Please complete the following steps:
- Create the pending memberships on the Membership Management page of 吃瓜头条 Central for any new, dual, or reinstated members.
- Once created, contact the 吃瓜头条 Quality and Member Support Team at +1 720-439-5050 to submit payment over the phone to ensure taxes are excluded from the total membership dues amount.
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How do I receive credit for my role as a 吃瓜头条 coach?Back to Top
Successful 吃瓜头条s and coaches will receive more information via email after year-end, and program reports are finalized. Please see the 吃瓜头条 Coach Program page for more information.