IL airplane/boat/railroad liquor bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
An Illinois airplane, boat, or railroad liquor license lets a common carrier serve alcohol in flight, aboard a vessel, or on a passenger rail car. The state conditions it on a financial-responsibility tax bond (IDOR form REG-4-A) backing the liquor tax you owe — we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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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:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the state set, 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 REG-4-A bond so IDOR issues your certificate of registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your IDOR notice and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the specialty liquor bond actually covers
Illinois issues specialty liquor licenses for common carriers under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5) — an airplane license to serve in flight, a boat license to serve aboard a passenger vessel, and a railroad license to serve on a passenger rail car. Each lets the carrier import, store, and sell liquor in defined circumstances.
Because the licensee owes the state liquor gallonage tax, the Department of Revenue requires a financial-responsibility (tax) bond on form REG-4-A before it issues a certificate of registration. The bond guarantees the tax that becomes due; it does not insure the licensee.
For liquor financial-responsibility bonds, the amount is generally about twice your average monthly tax liability, subject to a $1,000 statutory minimum (and a state-set maximum). Enter the figure IDOR named and we issue the bond at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount IDOR set — the executed REG-4-A bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Specialty liquor bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the state set and file with IDOR the same day.