TN tobacco tax bonds.
From $100. Apply to see your price.
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. A quick soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry, no impact on your score.
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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:
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Your business details, your FEIN, the county where you are located, the bond amount the state required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
Typically no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. A quick soft credit check may run first and never affects your score; larger amounts may get a quick 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, with a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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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.