Maryland cigarette tax bonds.
From $100.
The tax-security bond a Maryland cigarette or tobacco wholesaler files with the Comptroller. The minimum is $10,000, and the Comptroller sets the amount to your tax exposure. Premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — the exact price is set by your bond amount in the on-page calculator.
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How much does a Maryland cigarette tax bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
A fast application for the standard cigarette bond — enter your amount, apply, and file with the Comptroller. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your license requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Priced and issued
No credit check up to $10,000 — your exact premium is set by bond amount. Most applications approve instantly and issue on the spot; larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Comptroller
Submit the executed bond with your tobacco license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette bond actually covers
Maryland licenses cigarette and other-tobacco-products wholesalers through the Comptroller of Maryland. A wholesaler buys tax stamps and remits the tobacco tax, and the Comptroller wants a tax-security bond standing behind that tax before it is fully settled.
For cigarette wholesalers the minimum bond is $10,000; the Comptroller sizes the amount to your stamp purchases and tax exposure. The bond guarantees that you file your reports and pay the tobacco tax when it becomes due.
A wholesaler in continuous compliance for five years may be exempted from posting security; those who don’t post a bond and aren’t exempt typically authorize the Comptroller to direct-debit amounts due. Whatever amount applies, premiums start at $100, and no credit check up to $10,000.
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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 Comptroller. Submit the executed bond with your tobacco license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% 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.
Priced at the application.
Submit the application with your required bond amount — your exact premium (from $100) is set and the executed bond is generated, ready to file with the Comptroller.
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Cigarette bond, issued today.
Premium from $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Comptroller the same day.