MD cigarette tax bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
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. We issue whatever the Comptroller requires at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard cigarette bond — enter your amount, pay, 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 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 Comptroller
Submit the executed bond with your tobacco license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the security your license requires and the premium updates.
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, 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 your required bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Comptroller.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter your required amount and file with the Comptroller the same day.