Illinois cigarette machine bonds.
From $100.
A cigarette machine operator runs the roll-your-own machines that let customers make their own cigarettes — and Illinois treats that operator as a cigarette manufacturer for tax. The Department of Revenue requires a tax bond under the Cigarette Machine Operators’ Occupation Tax Act. The price is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does an Illinois cigarette machine 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 cigarette machine bond — enter your amount, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Department requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $25,000. Above $25,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond with your cigarette machine operator license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette machine bond actually covers
A cigarette machine operator makes commercial roll-your-own machines available at retail so customers can produce cigarettes from loose tobacco. Illinois treats that operation as cigarette manufacturing and imposes an occupation tax under the Cigarette Machine Operators’ Occupation Tax Act (35 ILCS 128).
Because tax is owed on what those machines produce, the Department of Revenue requires the operator to post a financial-responsibility bond backing that tax — much like other cigarette and tobacco distributors who file bonds with the Department.
The bond guarantees the occupation tax gets paid. If the operator fails to remit, the Department can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, the operator repays the surety. Enter the amount the Department named on your license paperwork — pricing starts from $100 and no credit check up to $25,000.
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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 premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
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 with your cigarette machine operator license application. 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 $25,000. 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 your required bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Revenue.
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Cigarette machine bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Department of Revenue the same day.