Alaska fisheries business tax bonds.
From $100.
The bond the Alaska Department of Revenue can require from a fisheries business to secure the fisheries business tax it owes under AS 43.75. The state sets the amount; the premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and no credit check up to $10,000 — your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does an Alaska fisheries business tax bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard fisheries tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the state required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000, so most bonds generate the moment you pay.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond to satisfy your fisheries business tax security. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the fisheries tax bond covers
Alaska levies a fisheries business tax under AS 43.75 on people who process or export fisheries resources from the state. The Department of Revenue can require a person engaged in that business to post a bond securing the assessments, fees, taxes, penalties, and interest that are due and to become due to the state.
When required, the bond amount is tied to the tax the state expects you to owe for the period — the commissioner sets it, and other negotiable security can be used in a form the commissioner finds acceptable. The bond is keyed to a calendar tax year, so it renews on statutory dates.
If you fail to remit the tax, the state can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the Department of Revenue set, from $100, on the form the state names — no credit check up to $10,000.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Department of Revenue. Submit the executed bond to satisfy your fisheries business tax security. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Department of Revenue set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Fisheries tax bond, issued today.
From $100, with your exact price at the application. Enter the amount the state required and file the same day.