Wisconsin cigarette tax bonds.
From $100.
The security the Wisconsin Department of Revenue can require from a cigarette permittee under Wis. Stat. § 139.322 — generally after a missed payment or a late report. The Secretary of Revenue sets the amount on your notice; pricing starts from $100, and your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a Wisconsin cigarette tax bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard cigarette tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the security amount DOR required, 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 Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond to satisfy DOR and keep (or restore) your cigarette permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the cigarette tax bond actually covers
Wisconsin taxes cigarettes through permittees — manufacturers, distributors, and others — who buy and apply tax stamps and remit the tax to the Department of Revenue. Most permittees never post a bond. But under Wis. Stat. § 139.322, the Secretary of Revenue can require security from a permittee that has not paid the tax or has failed to timely file a report.
The security may be a surety bond payable to the state in the form the Secretary prescribes, in an amount the Secretary determines. If a permittee required to post security fails to do so, the Secretary may refuse to issue or revoke the permit — so the bond is what keeps a permit alive after a delinquency.
The bond stands behind the cigarette tax you owe: after 10 days' notice, the Department can recover delinquent tax, interest, and penalties from the security. We issue the amount DOR set, priced at 1% of the bond amount with a $100 minimum, 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 premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
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 Department of Revenue. Submit the executed bond to satisfy DOR and keep (or restore) your cigarette permit. 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 the security amount the Department of Revenue set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Cigarette tax bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount DOR required and file the same day.