IN cigarette tax stamp bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
A licensed Indiana cigarette distributor must file a bond with the Department of Revenue securing payment for the tax stamps it buys on account. The penal sum is tied to your stamp purchases under IC 6-7-1 — pricing starts from $100, and your exact price appears at the 60-second application. Most applicants qualify at or near the minimum.
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No underwriting queue for the standard cigarette 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 Department of Revenue required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, so most applicants clear and issue as soon as they pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond with your distributor registration (Form CIG-1). Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette bond actually covers
Indiana licenses cigarette distributors through the Department of Revenue under IC 6-7-1. A distributor buys revenue stamps to affix to each pack, and the state wants a bond (or letter of credit) standing behind the stamps purchased on account before the tax is fully settled.
When a distributor buys stamps, a bond satisfactory to the Department, in an amount not less than the sales price of the stamps, must be on file — conditioned to secure payment for those stamps. The registration application (Form CIG-1) generally also carries a minimum bond requirement.
The bond stands behind the tax on every stamp. If you fail to pay for stamps bought on account, the state can recover against it — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue whatever penal sum the Department set; pricing starts from $100 and the application collects no credit information.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with your required bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Revenue.
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Cigarette bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, pricing from $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Department of Revenue the same day.