Georgia malt beverage tax bonds.
From $100.
The performance and tax liability bond a Georgia malt beverage wholesaler files with the Department of Revenue Alcohol & Tobacco Division under O.C.G.A. 3-5-25.1. The Department sets the amount; the premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a Georgia malt beverage 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 malt beverage 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 Department of Revenue set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Most applications approve instantly.
File with the Alcohol & Tobacco Division
Submit the executed bond with your malt beverage wholesaler license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the malt beverage bond covers
Georgia licenses malt beverage wholesalers through the Department of Revenue Alcohol & Tobacco Division, and conditions the license on a performance and tax liability bond under O.C.G.A. 3-5-25.1. Unlike the fixed distilled spirits bond, the malt beverage wholesaler bond amount is set by the Department based on your tax liability.
The bond guarantees prompt payment of the excise taxes, license fees, penalties, and interest you owe on the malt beverages you distribute, running to the benefit of the State Revenue Commissioner. If a wholesaler fails to remit, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the state, you repay the surety. We issue whatever amount the Department of Revenue names, at 1% of the bond amount ($100 minimum) with no credit check up to $5,000.
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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 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 Alcohol & Tobacco Division. Submit the executed bond with your malt beverage wholesaler license. 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 $5,000. 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.
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Malt beverage tax bond, issued today.
Priced at 1% of the bond amount ($100 minimum). Enter the amount the state set and file the same day.