IL liquor gallonage tax bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The bond the Illinois Department of Revenue requires from liquor manufacturers, importers, and distributors as financial responsibility for the gallonage tax, under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5, Article VIII). The Department sets the amount against your tax liability — premiums start from $100, and the application collects no credit information.
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No underwriting queue for the standard liquor tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount the Department required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, and there is no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review that never affects your credit score.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed financial-responsibility bond with your liquor tax registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the liquor tax bond actually covers
Illinois taxes alcoholic beverages by the gallon — the gallonage tax — under Article VIII of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5), administered by the Department of Revenue. Businesses that manufacture, import, or distribute liquor register with the Department and may be required to post a financial-responsibility bond standing behind the tax they owe.
The bond is a tax-payment guarantee, payable to the People of the State of Illinois: if the licensee fails to remit the gallonage tax, the Department can recover the unpaid tax against the bond. The amount is generally tied to your tax volume — a common benchmark is about twice your average monthly liability, subject to the Department's minimum and maximum.
Because the figure scales with volume, a small craft producer and a large distributor will see very different bond amounts. Confirm the amount on your Department of Revenue notice — we issue exactly that figure with premiums starting from $100; the application collects no credit information.
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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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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Department set and file the same day.