Details for Georgia distributor-license security

Current rule 560-8-3-.01 distinguishes initial applications from renewals. Its initial bond is $5,000. For renewal, it uses one percent of the preceding license year's gross sales of the listed regulated products, never less than $1,000. That is a gross-sales calculation, not one percent of tax liability.

Revenue's general bond page displays $1,000, and the selected model states a $1,000 minimum. Those figures do not establish the correct amount for every initial or renewal application. Use the operative rule and Revenue's account-specific direction; have the Department confirm the amount for your products, period and location.

Rule 560-8-3-.02 separately addresses nonresident applicants. It requires reciprocal licensing privileges and a Commissioner-determined bond of at least $1,000, with tax, penalty, interest and regulatory-compliance conditions. Do not assume the resident initial sum or renewal formula automatically resolves a nonresident request.

Use the Cigar, Cigarette, and Vapor Products Distributors License Performance and Tax Liability selection on the standard form. The current rule requires separate licensing for each place of business and uses the Georgia Tax Center for applications and annual renewal. A different tax-stamp undertaking does not automatically replace license security.

The instructions say the bond runs with the distributor's license and remains in force for one year after expiration or revocation. The model also allows principal, surety or obligee to cancel by sixty days' written notice to each other party, preserving liability occurring before that notice expires. Match the actual licensed period and accepted form; do not substitute a notice only to Revenue or assume June 30 ends all exposure.

Complete the authorized principal and surety execution and seal requirements. The surety's official or attorney-in-fact must attach a certified copy of current authority to bind the company. Review the model's collection-expense and forfeiture wording before signing rather than treating it as a simple stamp-purchase receipt.

Purchase Now opens Propeller's Georgia distributor-license application in a new tab. Match the legal distributor, location, license year and Revenue's required amount, then complete state licensing and bond submission separately. Provider payment does not grant a distributor license or certify every product for sale.