The bond the Department of Taxation and Finance can require from a registered distributor under Tax Law Article 18 — it secures payment of the state alcoholic-beverages excise tax. We issue it instantly, no credit check, ready to file the same day you apply.
















This bond is instant-issue — there is no underwriting queue to wait in. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details and the bond amount the Department of Taxation and Finance set for you — that is the entire application.
There is no credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
Submit the executed bond to the Department of Taxation and Finance with your distributor registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists on them.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. The amount is whatever the Tax Department fixed from your tax liability — enter it and the quote updates.
Anyone who imports, produces, or warehouses beer, cider, wine, or liquor for sale in New York must register as a distributor of alcoholic beverages with the Department of Taxation and Finance (Form TP-215) and file monthly alcoholic-beverages tax returns under Tax Law Article 18.
Under Tax Law § 422, the Department may require a registered distributor to post a surety bond securing payment of the excise tax and any other sums due under Article 18. The Department fixes the amount — it is set in relation to your expected tax liability, so a larger distributor carries a larger bond. Enter whatever figure the Department required of you.
Because the bond simply guarantees a tax the law already imposes, it is instant-issue: no financial statements, no credit check, no underwriter queue. You apply, pay the $275 minimum, and file the executed bond the same day.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Tax Department set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Taxation and Finance.
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Five-minute application, instant issue, $275 flat minimum. File with the Department of Taxation and Finance the same day.