Kansas liquor drink tax bonds.
From $100.
Kansas requires every on-premise liquor drink licensee to post a liquor drink tax bond under K.S.A. 79-41a — the security that backs the 10% liquor drink tax you collect. The amount is the greater of $1,000 or your three-month average tax liability. The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — exact price in the calculator below.
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How much does a Kansas liquor drink tax bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard drink 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 Department of Revenue set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond with your liquor drink tax registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the liquor drink tax bond covers
Kansas imposes a 10% liquor drink tax on gross receipts from selling alcoholic liquor by clubs, caterers, drinking establishments, public venues, and temporary permit holders, under K.S.A. 79-41a. Every on-premise licensee collects that tax — and the state wants a bond standing behind it.
The required security is the greater of $1,000 or your three-month average liquor drink tax liability. So a new licensee usually starts at the $1,000 floor, and an established venue's bond scales with the tax it actually collects. The Department of Revenue accepts a cash bond, an escrow bond, or a corporate surety bond.
It is not insurance for you — if you fail to remit the drink tax you collected, the Department of Revenue can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the state set, at a price from $100; no credit check up to $10,000.
You need this bond if you are
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 Department of Revenue. Submit the executed bond with your liquor drink tax registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. 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 on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Department of Revenue set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the state set and file the same day.