Indiana alcoholic beverage bonds.
From $100.
Indiana requires vintners, brewers, distillers, liquor wholesalers, and rectifiers to file a surety bond before a permit issues, securing the alcohol excise tax. The Alcohol and Tobacco Commission sets the amount by classification, commonly $1,000, $10,000, or $15,000. Our premium is 1.2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does an Indiana alcoholic beverage bond cost?
1.2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter the amount your permit requires, see your price, and file with your permit application. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your permit requires, and the effective date. That is the application. No credit check up to $25,000.
Approved
Approved as soon as you apply. There is no underwriting queue. No credit check up to $25,000.
File with the Alcohol & Tobacco Commission
Receive the executed bond, ready to file with your permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the alcohol bond actually covers
Indiana licenses alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers through the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission under Title 7.1. Before a permit issues, a vintner, brewer, distiller, liquor wholesaler, or rectifier must file a surety bond securing the alcohol excise tax payable to the State.
The amount is set by license classification — commonly $1,000, $10,000, or $15,000. For certain out-of-state brewers and importers, the penal sum equals the average monthly excise tax liability for the previous year. Confirm the figure that applies to your permit type.
It is not insurance for you. If you fail to pay the excise tax, the state can recover against the bond, and you repay the surety. The Commission may revoke a permit for failing to keep the bond in force — so we track it and notify you ahead of expiration. We issue the amount required at a premium starting from $100.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Alcohol & Tobacco Commission. Receive the executed bond, ready to file with your permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1.2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $25,000. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount your permit requires and file with the Commission.