IL specialty retailer liquor bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
Illinois specialty retailer liquor licenses — brew pubs, caterers, special-event and similar retailers — come with a financial-responsibility tax bond filed with the Department of Revenue (form REG-4-A) when the licensee owes liquor tax. 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 retailer bond actually covers
Illinois issues a range of specialty retailer liquor licenses under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5) — brew pub, caterer, special-event, and similar retail categories. When the licensee owes the state liquor tax, the Department of Revenue conditions registration on a financial-responsibility (tax) bond.
The bond is filed on IDOR form REG-4-A and guarantees the liquor gallonage tax that becomes due from the retailer. It protects the State, not the licensee — if you fail to remit, IDOR can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
The amount is set by IDOR and is generally about twice your average monthly tax liability, subject to a $1,000 statutory minimum (and a state-set maximum). Enter the figure on your notice 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 retailer bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the state set and file with IDOR the same day.