Oklahoma cigarette stamp tax bonds.
$250 flat.
Oklahoma requires every cigarette wholesaler and distributing agent to post a $25,000 bond with the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Ours is $250 flat, issued instantly — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for everyone. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does an Oklahoma cigarette stamp tax bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
The Tax Commission is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date make up most of the application.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount tax bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Tax Commission
Your executed bond (the BT-157 cigarette stamp bond) arrives by email, ready to file with your wholesaler or distributing-agent registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oklahoma collects cigarette tax through tax stamps that licensed wholesalers buy and affix to each pack. The Oklahoma Tax Commission lets wholesalers and distributing agents purchase stamps on account, and requires a $25,000 surety bond standing behind the tax owed on those stamps.
The bond is filed on the Commission's uniform form (BT-157) and guarantees that you pay all cigarette stamp tax, penalties, and interest due the state and comply with the cigarette tax laws. If you fail to remit, the Tax Commission can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Wholesalers who stay current on their stamp account treat the $25,000 bond as a one-time licensing formality.
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 $25,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Tax Commission. Your executed bond (the BT-157 cigarette stamp bond) arrives by email, ready to file with your wholesaler or distributing-agent registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
Common questions.
Other Oklahoma bonds.
Been told you need a different amount?
Price and requirements checked on the carrier’s application, . Page updated .
The Tax Commission is waiting on one document.
$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.