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 "Total Annual Sales" 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 .
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.
Failure to submit the spreadsheet according to the instructions may result in it being rejected and you having to submit a corrected spreadsheet again.
Email the excel spreadsheet to: liquorwholesale@treas.nj.gov
Include in the subject line: Alcoholic Beverage Wholesale Report 2023
Do not include the password for the document with the spreadsheet. Send the password in a separate email.