IL sales tax bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
The financial-responsibility bond the Illinois Department of Revenue can require before issuing a sales-tax certificate of registration — filed on Form REG-4-A. The amount is set by the Department, generally tied to your tax liability, and we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard sales 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 entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond on Form REG-4-A so the Department can issue your certificate of registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Department of Revenue notice and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the sales tax bond actually covers
Illinois collects sales tax through the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act (35 ILCS 120), administered by the Department of Revenue. Before issuing a certificate of registration, the Department can require a retailer to post a financial-responsibility bond guaranteeing the tax it will collect and remit.
The bond is filed on Form REG-4-A, and the amount is set by the Department — generally tied to your expected monthly tax liability. A business will not be issued a certificate of registration, and cannot legally operate, until the Department receives the bond.
The bond stands behind the sales tax you collect or owe — if you fail to remit, the State can recover against it, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the Department set at a flat 3% with no credit check; a letter of credit (Form REG-4-D) is an alternative the Department accepts.
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Five minutes, 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 on Form REG-4-A.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the state required and file the same day.