TN beer wholesalers tax bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Tennessee requires every beer wholesaler to furnish a bond to the Department of Revenue for the wholesale beer tax. By statute the bond cannot exceed $10,000 — at the $10,000 cap, ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. Five-minute application, no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Tax bonds at the statutory cap are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your FEIN/SSN and county, and an effective date. That is the application — no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
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 and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Tennessee Department of Revenue. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed at the statutory cap, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Tennessee levies a wholesale beer tax, and the wholesaler collects and remits it. Under TCA 57-6-107, every wholesaler must furnish an indemnity or personal bond, payable to the Department of Revenue, as security for the tax it owes.
The amount is tied to your tax: it equals the gross tax on your highest month's sales in the preceding twelve months (or an estimate for a new business) — but the statute is explicit that no bond in excess of $10,000 may be required. So $10,000 is the ceiling, and we quote it at that cap.
The bond stands behind the tax you collect — if you fail to remit, the Department can recover against it, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. (A wholesaler newly commencing business files a larger short-term initial bond, which the Department later adjusts; ask us if that's you.) Multi-year terms keep your filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Beer tax bond, filed today.
$300 flat at the statutory cap, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.