Georgia liquor importer tax bonds.
$100 flat.
A Georgia distilled-spirits importer files a $5,000 tax bond with the Department of Revenue’s Alcohol & Tobacco Division, guaranteeing the liquor excise taxes due on the spirits it brings into the state. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Georgia liquor importer tax bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Alcohol tax bonds are simple to issue. Here's the whole thing:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. The bond renews on statutory dates (12/31), so we line the term up with the state calendar.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount tax bonds like this issue quickly — many right after purchase.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond arrives by email on the Department’s standard tax-bond form, ready to submit with your importer license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Georgia’s Alcoholic Beverage Code (O.C.G.A. Title 3, Chapter 4) conditions a distilled-spirits license on a tax bond filed with the Department of Revenue’s Alcohol & Tobacco Division. For liquor importers the standard tax bond is $5,000, on the Department’s standard tax-bond form.
The bond guarantees the importer will promptly pay all sums due as taxes, license fees, penalties, and interest arising from importing distilled spirits, plus the state’s costs of collection. The Department of Revenue is the obligee and recovers against the bond if excise taxes go unpaid.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the state, you repay the surety. Note that wholesalers, manufacturers, and distillers can carry different (often higher) bond amounts; the $5,000 figure is the importer tax bond. Confirm the amount on your Department of Revenue application.
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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 $5,000 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. Your executed bond arrives by email on the Department’s standard tax-bond form, ready to submit with your importer license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.