Tennessee requires every beer wholesaler to furnish a bond to the Department of Revenue for the wholesale beer tax. By statute the bond cannot exceed $10,000 — at the $10,000 cap, ours is $100 flat, the price you see is the price you pay. One short application; a quick soft credit check may apply, never a hard inquiry.
















Tax bonds at the statutory cap are simple. Here's the entire process:
Business details, your FEIN/SSN and county, and an effective date — plus consent to a quick soft credit check that never affects your score. That is the application.
Fixed-amount tax bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Tennessee Department of Revenue. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Tennessee levies a wholesale beer tax, and the wholesaler collects and remits it. Under TCA 57-6-107, every wholesaler must furnish an indemnity or personal bond, payable to the Department of Revenue, as security for the tax it owes.
The amount is tied to your tax: it equals the gross tax on your highest month's sales in the preceding twelve months (or an estimate for a new business) — but the statute is explicit that no bond in excess of $10,000 may be required. So $10,000 is the ceiling, and we quote it at that cap.
The bond stands behind the tax you collect — if you fail to remit, the Department can recover against it, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. (A wholesaler newly commencing business files a larger short-term initial bond, which the Department later adjusts; ask us if that's you.) Multi-year terms keep your filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields, including a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
Start the application →$100 flat at the statutory cap, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.