NY wholesale cigarette dealer bonds.
$100 flat.

New York requires every wholesale cigarette dealer to file a fixed $10,000 bond with the Department of Taxation and Finance — ours is $100 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.

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Required for your NY wholesale cigarette dealer license — new applicants and renewals

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Fixed price, fixed amount — no quote process, no underwriting maze

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Multi-year terms available — set it up once, forget it for up to 3 years

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How it works

Three steps. One sitting.

Tax bonds like this are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:

NOW · ONLINE

Apply online

Business details, your dealer location, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.

MINUTES, USUALLY

Pay & e-sign

Fixed-amount tax bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.

SAME DAY

File with your license

Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Department of Taxation and Finance alongside your wholesale dealer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the bond actually guarantees

A wholesale cigarette dealer bond is a tax-payment guarantee. As a wholesaler you buy and affix New York cigarette tax stamps, and the state wants a financial backstop that the taxes, fees, and penalties owed under the cigarette tax law will actually be paid.

It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of New York acting through the Department of Taxation and Finance (the obligee). If a dealer fails to pay sums due or violates the cigarette tax law, the state can recover against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum.

The bond stays on file as a condition of your license. We track your term and notify you 60 and 30 days out, so your wholesale dealer license never lapses over expired surety paperwork.

NY licensing requirementNY Tax Law §480 requires each wholesale cigarette dealer applicant to file a $10,000 surety bond, approved by the Superintendent of Financial Services, to secure payment of any sums due for a violation of Article 20 (the cigarette and tobacco products tax). See also 20 NYCRR §72.1.

You need this bond if you're

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Applying for a NY wholesale cigarette dealer license — the bond is filed with your application

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Renewing your license and your bond is expiring or your surety non-renewed

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Adding a wholesale dealer license alongside a cigarette agent license

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A distributor expanding into New York and registering to stamp and sell cigarettes here

One application, issued instantly.

These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.

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FAQ

Common questions.

Why is the price exactly $100?New York fixes the bond amount at $10,000, and our carrier's rate book sets the premium for this specific bond at $100 flat — the same premium for every dealer, with nothing added on.

Do I pay the $10,000?No. You pay $100. The $10,000 is the surety's maximum liability if the state makes a valid claim for unpaid cigarette taxes or penalties — not a deposit, and nobody holds your money.

How fast will I have the bond?Fixed-amount tax bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase — many dealers finish the application and have the bond in the same sitting. At most, 1–2 business days.

Is there a credit check?The application collects no credit information at all — there's no credit section on this bond. Small fixed-amount bonds like this one don't need one.

What does the bond actually cover?It secures payment of sums due for any violation of the New York cigarette and tobacco products tax law (Tax Law Article 20) — the taxes, fees, and penalties tied to your wholesale dealing of cigarettes. It protects the state, not you, but it lets you hold the license that lets you operate.

I already hold a cigarette agent license. Do I still need this?The wholesale dealer bond is tied to the wholesale dealer license specifically. If your license includes wholesale dealing, New York requires the $10,000 bond on file. We can issue it the same way — short application, no credit information collected.

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