IL winery shipper bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
An Illinois winery shipper’s license lets a winery ship wine directly to Illinois consumers — and obligates the licensee to pay the state wine gallonage tax. The Department of Revenue conditions the license on a financial-responsibility bond (form REG-4-A); we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard wine 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 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 for the winery shipper’s license. 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 IDOR notice and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the winery shipper bond actually covers
Illinois issues a winery shipper’s license under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5), letting an in-state or out-of-state winery ship wine directly to Illinois consumers. The licensee must pay the Department of Revenue the state wine gallonage tax on everything it ships into Illinois.
Because the licensee owes that tax, IDOR conditions the certificate of registration on a financial-responsibility (tax) bond on form REG-4-A. The bond guarantees the wine tax that becomes due — it protects the State, not the winery.
For wine 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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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the state set and file with IDOR the same day.