Tennessee tobacco tax bonds.
From $100.
The bond a Tennessee tobacco manufacturer's warehouse files with the Department of Revenue under Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-4-1015, guaranteeing the tobacco tax on the products it stores and distributes. The Department sets the amount; the premium is 1% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum. No impact on your score.
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How much does a Tennessee 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 tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, your FEIN, the county where you are located, the bond amount the state required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
Typically no waiting — 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 satisfy the Department of Revenue with your tobacco license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the tobacco bond actually covers
Tennessee taxes tobacco products under the Tobacco Tax Law (Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-4-1001 et seq.). Anyone licensed in the tobacco trade — including a manufacturer's warehouse, which stores tobacco products separate from the manufacturing operation for distribution — must post a surety bond with the Department of Revenue.
The bond is conditioned on the licensee paying the tobacco tax and properly stamping or accounting for the products used, sold, distributed, or handled. It stands behind the tax owed before it is settled — if the licensee fails to remit, the state can recover against the bond.
The amount is set by the Department of Revenue based on your expected tax liability, so there is no single statutory figure. Enter the amount on your Department notice — the premium is 1% of that amount, with a $100 minimum, and it appears at the application.
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 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 satisfy the Department of Revenue with your tobacco license. 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 the bond amount the Department of Revenue set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the state required and see your price at application.