Liquor, beer and wine by the drink. You need the sales tax permit and Comptroller certification first, conduct and tax bonds, and in some areas a Food and Beverage Certificate (FB). The permittee pays the 6.7% mixed beverage gross receipts tax; customers pay the 8.25% mixed beverage sales tax.
Checked Oct 15, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 5 of 6: Alcohol permits
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Sources and dates
TABC two-year licensing fee schedule effective September 1, 2021, and TABC administrative rule 33.23. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
Yes. Liquor, beer and wine by the drink.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
Yes. Liquor, beer and wine by the drink.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
Yes. Liquor, beer and wine by the drink.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
No. In Texas it is listed for restaurants, bars and cocktail bars.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Step 5 of 6, alcohol permits. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space and get the permits for your kind of business.
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