If you are an alcoholic beverage manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler licensed by the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), you are required to file a report annually to reconcile your sales for the year. You must file this report even if you made no sales during the time period. If you do not provide this report, or the required information on the report, we may deny your request for renewal of your ABC license.
"Wholesale sales" are sales for resale.
The reporting period covers the previous calendar year (January - December). The report is due by March 15 of the current calendar year.
You must include your wholesale name, taxpayer ID number, ABC license number, and the total number of retail sales you made during the year. If you did not make any sales for the entire year, enter zero in the "Sales to Retailers" column.
In addition, the report must contain the following information for each retailer who made purchases from you:
Download and complete our MS Excel spreadsheet template . Alternately, you may create your own submission form. See file formatting for instruction.
Once you enter the data on the spreadsheet template, select save as .XLS or .XLSX file. Do not remove any existing text in the spreadsheet.
Be sure to password protect the file when saving your Excel spreadsheet.
If you are not using the MS Excel spreadsheet template , follow the column requirements in the file formatting document.
In addition, adhere to the following:
Email the excel spreadsheet or text file to: liquorwholesale@treas.nj.gov
Include in the subject line: Alcoholic Beverage Wholesale Report 2021
Do not include the password for the document with the spreadsheet. Send the password in a separate email.