Many business sectors are tightly connected with the process of selling alcohol-containing products. In order to be able to conduct business in this direction, there is a license for alcohol issued by the state. This method of control exists for a reason, it allows you to adjust the number of persons involved in the sale of
excisable goods.Many people involved in the alcohol trade point out that the alcohol license is very, very difficult to obtain. The very high entry threshold, as well as the requirements put forward to the areas of the enterprise where the sale of these products will take place, is due to concern for the security of legal entities themselves.
The list of requirements put forward by the state is quite simple. First of all, no individual entrepreneur can get permission. Only LLC, CJSC and other forms of legal entities are eligible to apply for a license.
Equity is also important . It should be five hundred thousand for those who need a retail license for alcohol, and ten million for those organizations that are going to engage in wholesale trade.
There are also certain requirements for retail space. The most important thing is their size. If the area is less than fifty square meters, then the company’s alcohol license will not be transferred. Then comes the turn of safes - their availability is strictly necessary, and cash must be stored in them. And, which is also important, cash registers - without them, it is forbidden to trade in alcohol.
The cost of the license itself is also rather big. It is forty thousand for those organizations that are going to engage in retail trade, and two hundred and fifty thousand rubles - for those who will sell alcohol in bulk. This amount will be paid by the organization annually.
Certain indulgences were achieved by the owner of catering outlets. They are subject to several other rules. This is due to the fact that it is extremely rare to find such an institution with the required size of the retail space.
The alcohol license for the cafe is obtained in a simplified form. The owner does not need to have a room measuring fifty square meters. From the point of view of restaurateurs, as well as the ideological inspirers of such concessions, this is very true. At the same time, mixing cocktails is no longer attributed to the production of alcohol, which is also a simplification, from the point of view of the owners of catering outlets.
It should be noted that a license for alcohol is not required in some cases. So, for example, you can trade in products with an alcohol content of less than fifteen percent without any permits. It follows that an individual entrepreneur may well open his point where he will sell beer. But in order to sell stronger products, such as vodka, whiskey, scotch tape and even wine, he will need to become a legal entity, acquire adequate space, wait a year and only then obtain a license.