MS brewpub bonds.
$100 flat. Five minutes.
Mississippi requires a craft brewer making beer or light wine to file a brewer tax bond with the Department of Revenue, starting at a $5,000 floor. At that amount the premium is $100 flat, set by our carrier's rate book. The application is five minutes and collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Tax bonds at the floor amount are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount tax bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your brewpub permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the brewpub bond actually guarantees
When Mississippi legalized small craft breweries and brewpubs, the law conditioned the permit on a brewer tax bond filed with the Department of Revenue. The bond guarantees faithful payment of the beer and light wine excise tax you owe, plus compliance with the Department's conditions.
The amount runs from a $5,000 floor up to $200,000, set by the Department of Revenue and capped at the excise tax owed for a 60-day period. Most new and small brewers land at or near the $5,000 floor — which is the amount on this page.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Department of Revenue (the obligee). If you fail to remit the tax you collect, the state can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. It is not insurance for you.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond's application doesn't collect one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat at the floor, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.