IL tobacco distributor tax bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
An Illinois tobacco products distributor files a tax bond with the Department of Revenue under the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995 (35 ILCS 143), backing the tax that becomes due. The amount runs up to three times your average monthly liability, capped at $50,000 — we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard tobacco 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 bond so IDOR issues your tobacco products distributor license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. The statutory cap is a $50,000 bond, which is $1,500. Enter the figure IDOR set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the tobacco tax bond actually covers
Illinois taxes tobacco products — cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and similar products other than cigarettes — under the Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995 (35 ILCS 143). A licensed distributor remits the tax to the Department of Revenue, and the Department requires a bond to secure it.
By statute the bond amount is one that protects the State against the distributor’s failure to pay — not to exceed three times the average monthly tax liability, or $50,000, whichever is lower. So the bond scales with your volume but never exceeds $50,000.
The bond is not required if you’re already a licensed Illinois cigarette distributor (that program carries its own security). Otherwise, enter the amount IDOR named and we issue the bond at a flat 3% with no credit check — it backs the State, not you.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount IDOR set — the executed tobacco tax bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Tobacco tax bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount IDOR set and file the same day.