TN full liquor consumption bonds.
$100 flat.
Tennessee requires every full-liquor consumption-on-premises licensee to post a $10,000 tax bond with the Department of Revenue — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application asks for your FEIN or SSN for identification, but it runs a soft credit pull only — never a hard inquiry.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A liquor-by-the-drink tax bond is one of the simplest filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your effective date, and the county your business sits in. That's the application — no financial statements, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Tax bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days if a check runs.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to post with your TNTAP liquor-by-the-drink registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Tennessee taxes alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises, and the Department of Revenue conditions every licensee's registration on a surety bond that stands behind proper payment of that tax. It's not a licensing bond in the usual contractor sense — it's a tax bond, filed with the Department under the state's liquor-by-the-drink tax chapter, separate from the license itself, which the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission issues.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Tennessee Department of Revenue as obligee. If a licensee fails to remit the tax collected on liquor-by-the-drink sales, the Department can make a claim against the bond to recover what's owed, up to the bond's face amount.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Department reviews bond amounts periodically against your average monthly tax liability and can require an increase; a bond that lapses or falls short blocks your ABC license renewal, so we track the term and send renewal notices ahead of expiration.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued fast.
These are the actual issuing fields — the only sensitive item is your FEIN or SSN for identification, and it authorizes a soft pull only.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Post your liquor-by-the-drink tax bond today.
$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued the same day. Free until issued.