TN wine on-premises bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
A Tennessee wine-only consumption-on-premises licensee files a liquor-by-the-drink tax bond with the Department of Revenue. As of July 1, 2024, the initial amount is $10,000 — the same floor as a full license. Ours is $300 flat, 3% of the bond amount, with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Liquor-by-the-drink tax bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount tax bonds like this often issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file on the Department’s tax bond form with your liquor-by-the-drink account. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Tennessee charges a liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises, and the Department of Revenue requires each on-premises licensee to post a tax bond securing that tax. A wine-only license — one that authorizes wine but not full liquor service — carries the same bond requirement.
Effective July 1, 2024, the law set a $10,000 minimum for these tax bonds, and that floor now applies to wine-only licensees too. (Before that date, the wine-only initial bond was $2,000.) The bond amount can be set higher — generally around three times the average monthly tax liability — for higher-volume accounts.
The bond is for the benefit of the state. If you fail to remit the liquor-by-the-drink tax you collect, the Department can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the $10,000 at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.