TX 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.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
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.
You need this bond if you're
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 typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Other Texas bonds.
The tax half of your promoter pair.
$300 flat, short application, a soft credit check may apply, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.