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Texas mixed beverage sales tax bonds.
From $100.
The security a Texas mixed beverage permittee posts with the Comptroller on the 8.25% mixed beverage sales tax. The amount runs from $3,750 to $100,000 based on your tax liability — premiums start from $100, and no credit check up to $10,000. This bond renews on the statutory date (December 31).
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard mixed beverage bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Comptroller. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your tax liability requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Comptroller
Submit the executed bond to the Texas Comptroller as security with your mixed beverage permit. The bond renews on the statutory December 31 date. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the mixed beverage bond actually covers
Texas taxes mixed beverages two ways: a 6.7% gross receipts tax and an 8.25% sales tax. A permittee posts security with the Comptroller for the payment of these taxes — this bond covers the mixed beverage sales tax. (The gross receipts tax is a separate bond.)
Under Tax Code Chapter 183 — § 183.025 for the gross receipts tax, and § 183.043, which applies Chapter 151’s security provisions to the sales tax — the Comptroller fixes each bond amount. For mixed beverage permits effective on or after January 1, 2014, the Comptroller sets the mixed beverage sales tax bond at $3,750 to $100,000, or four times your average monthly tax liability, whichever is greater.
The bond gives the Comptroller a way to recover unpaid mixed beverage sales tax — if you fail to remit, the state can claim against it, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the Comptroller set; premiums start from $100, and no credit check up to $10,000.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 Comptroller. Submit the executed bond to the Texas Comptroller as security with your mixed beverage permit. The bond renews on the statutory December 31 date. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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 your required bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Comptroller.
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Mixed beverage bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter your required amount and file with the Comptroller the same day.