AL sales tax bonds.
$750 flat. Soft pull.
Alabama's Department of Revenue can require a retailer to post a sales tax bond — most commonly after a final assessment goes unpaid. The statutory minimum is $25,000 for a two-year period; ours is $750 flat, a flat 3% of the bond amount, with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to filed.
The Department of Revenue is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date, and whether the bond is due to non-compliance. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Department of Revenue
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file on the department’s Sales Tax Surety Bond form. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Statutory minimum amount; a soft pull affects approval, never price.
What it is and who needs it.
What the sales tax bond actually covers
Alabama's Department of Revenue can require a retailer to post a sales tax bond under Ala. Code §40-23-6. The bond is filed on the department's Sales Tax Surety Bond form and is conditioned on the licensee collecting and remitting sales tax — it is payable to the Commissioner of Revenue.
The most common trigger is non-compliance: if a sales tax balance is still due once a final assessment is no longer subject to appeal, the taxpayer is deemed non-compliant and must post a one-time bond for a two-year period. Under §40-23-6(c)(1), the amount is the actual sales tax liability for the three months before the non-compliant period, but not less than $25,000.
Certain new or reinstating retailers also post a one-time $25,000 two-year bond on licensing. The bond stands behind the tax you owe — if you fail to remit, the state can recover against it, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the bond at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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The Department of Revenue is waiting on one document.
$750 flat for the $25,000 bond, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.