South Carolina tobacco tax bonds.
From $100.
The bond a South Carolina tobacco distributor posts with the Department of Revenue to buy cigarette tax stamps on 30-day credit. The amount tracks your stamp volume — pricing starts from $100, and your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a South Carolina tobacco tax bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard tobacco bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your stamp volume requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000. The executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond to set up your 30-day stamp credit with the Department of Revenue. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the tobacco bond actually covers
South Carolina taxes cigarettes and other tobacco products under S.C. Code Title 12, Chapter 21, administered by the Department of Revenue. As of January 1, 2019, a bond is not required simply to hold a cigarette tax stamp or other-tobacco-products account.
A bond comes in when a distributor wants to buy cigarette tax stamps on a 30-day credit period instead of paying up front. To do that, the distributor executes a bond with a surety qualified in South Carolina, in an amount equal to 110% of the distributor’s estimated 30-day tax liability, but not less than $2,000.
The bond guarantees that the distributor pays each month’s stamp liability — due by the 20th of the following month — so the State is secured on credit purchases. If you fail to pay, the Department can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Enter the amount your stamp volume requires, and we issue it at a price starting from $100 — 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 Department of Revenue. Submit the executed bond to set up your 30-day stamp credit with the Department of Revenue. 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.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with your required bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Revenue.
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Tobacco tax bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Department of Revenue the same day.