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Texas combative sports tax bonds.
$300 flat.
Texas combative sports promoters file two separate $15,000 bonds with TDLR — this one guarantees you pay the gross receipts tax on your events. Ours is $300 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — no quote round-trip. A quick soft credit check may apply; it never affects your score.
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Three steps to filed.
This is the tax half of the promoter bond pair. Here's the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with TDLR
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your promoter license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Texas regulates combative sports — boxing, kickboxing, MMA, Muay Thai — through the Department of Licensing and Regulation under Occupations Code Chapter 2052. The state levies a gross receipts tax on combative sports events, and a licensed promoter must post a bond guaranteeing that tax is paid.
This is the gross receipts tax bond — the second of the two $15,000 bonds promoters carry. It is separate from the event-obligations bond: this one specifically backs the taxes you owe on event gross receipts in accordance with Chapter 2052 and the Department's rules in 16 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 61.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the state on unpaid tax, you repay the surety. We write both promoter bonds; you can apply for the pair in one sitting and file them together with your TDLR license.
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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 $15,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
E-sign & file with TDLR. Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your promoter license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $300 at the $15,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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The tax half of your promoter pair.
$300 flat, short application, a soft credit check may apply, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.