Nevada Liquor License Fee Estimator

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Nevada Liquor License Fee Estimator

Estimate your Nevada liquor license fees based on license type, establishment category, seating capacity, and county. Includes state-level fees per NRS Chapter 369 and representative county schedules.

License Type

-- Select License Type -- Retail On-Sale (Bar / Restaurant / Tavern) Retail Off-Sale (Package Store / Liquor Store) Wholesale Dealer Manufacturer / Brewer / Distiller / Winery Restricted Gaming / Tavern (15 or fewer slots) Non-Restricted Gaming Establishment

County

-- Select County -- Clark County (Las Vegas metro) Washoe County (Reno / Sparks) Carson City (Independent City) Douglas County Elko County Other Nevada County

Seating Capacity (persons)

Estimated Annual Gross Liquor Sales ($)

Number of Slot Machines (1–15 for Restricted)

Manufacturer Sub-Type

Small Brewery (≤ 15,000 barrels/yr) Large Brewery (> 15,000 barrels/yr) Small Winery (≤ 20,000 gallons/yr) Large Winery (> 20,000 gallons/yr) Distillery

Application Type

New Application Annual Renewal

Calculate Estimated Fee

// ── Show / hide conditional fields ────────────────────────────────────────── function nevUpdateFields() { var lt = document.getElementById("nev-license-type").value; var seatsGrp = document.getElementById("nev-seats-group"); var salesGrp = document.getElementById("nev-annual-sales-group"); var slotsGrp = document.getElementById("nev-slots-group"); var mfgGrp = document.getElementById("nev-mfg-type-group");

seatsGrp.style.display = "none"; salesGrp.style.display = "none"; slotsGrp.style.display = "none"; mfgGrp.style.display = "none";

if (lt === "retail_on" || lt === "nonrestricted") { seatsGrp.style.display = "block"; salesGrp.style.display = "block"; } if (lt === "retail_off" || lt === "wholesale") { salesGrp.style.display = "block"; } if (lt === "restricted") { slotsGrp.style.display = "block"; salesGrp.style.display = "block"; } if (lt === "manufacturer") { mfgGrp.style.display = "block"; } }

// ── Helper ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── function nevFmt(n) { return "$" + n.toLocaleString("en-US", {minimumFractionDigits:2, maximumFractionDigits:2}); }

// ── Main calculation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── function nevCalc() { var errors = [];

var lt = document.getElementById("nev-license-type").value; var county = document.getElementById("nev-county").value; var appType = document.getElementById("nev-new-renewal").value;

if (!lt) errors.push("Please select a License Type."); if (!county) errors.push("Please select a County.");

var seats = parseFloat(document.getElementById("nev-seats").value) || 0; var annSales = parseFloat(document.getElementById("nev-annual-sales").value)|| 0; var slots = parseInt(document.getElementById("nev-slots").value) || 0; var mfgType = document.getElementById("nev-mfg-type").value;

// Conditional validation if ((lt === "retail_on" || lt === "nonrestricted") && seats 15) errors.push("Restricted gaming licenses allow 1–15 slot machines."); }

if (errors.length) { var res = document.getElementById("nev-result"); res.style.display = "block"; res.className = "calc-result calc-error"; res.innerHTML = "Please fix the following:" + errors.map(function(e){ return ""; }).join("") + ""; return; }

// ── STATE FEE (NRS 369) ────────────────────────────────────────────────── // NRS 369.180 – Retail dealer license: $500/yr base // NRS 369.170 – Wholesale dealer: $1,000/yr // NRS 369.175 – Manufacturer: varies by type // NRS 369.182 – Off-sale retail: $200/yr var stateFee = 0; var stateLabel = "";

if (lt === "retail_on") { // NRS 369.180: $500 base + $1 per seat over 50 stateFee = 500 + Math.max(0, seats - 50) * 1; stateLabel = "Retail On-Sale (NRS 369.180): $500 base + $1/seat over 50"; } else if (lt === "retail_off") { // NRS 369.182: $200 flat stateFee = 200; stateLabel = "Retail Off-Sale (NRS 369.182): $200 flat"; } else if (lt === "wholesale") { // NRS 369.170: $1,000 flat stateFee = 1000; stateLabel = "Wholesale Dealer (NRS 369.170): $1,000 flat"; } else if (lt === "manufacturer") { // NRS 369.175 schedule var mfgFees = { brewery_small: 500, brewery_large: 2500, winery_small: 200, winery_large: 750, distillery: 1000 }; stateFee = mfgFees[mfgType] || 500; stateLabel = "Manufacturer (NRS 369.175): varies by sub-type"; } else if (lt === "restricted") { // NRS 463.373 / 369: $500 base + $50 per slot machine stateFee = 500 + slots * 50; stateLabel = "Restricted Gaming (NRS 463.373): $500 + $50/slot machine"; } else if (lt === "nonrestricted") { // Non-restricted gaming: $1,000 base + $2/seat + 0.25% of gross liquor sales stateFee = 1000 + seats * 2 + annSales * 0.0025; stateLabel = "Non-Restricted Gaming: $1,000 + $2/seat + 0.25% gross liquor sales"; }

// ── COUNTY FEE ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── // Based on published county/city fee schedules (representative figures) var countyFee = 0; var countyLabel = "";

// Clark County: CCMC Title 6 / Clark County Business License // Washoe County: Washoe County Code Ch. 25 // Carson City: CCMC Title 4 // Douglas County: Douglas County Code // Elko County: Elko County Code

var countySchedules = { clark: { retail_on: { base: 1000, perSeat: 2, salesPct: 0.001 }, retail_off: { base: 500, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0.001 }, wholesale: { base: 750, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, manufacturer: { base: 600, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, restricted: { base: 750, perSlot: 75, salesPct: 0.001 }, nonrestricted: { base: 2500, perSeat: 3, salesPct: 0.002 } }, washoe: { retail_on: { base: 750, perSeat: 1.5, salesPct: 0.001 }, retail_off: { base: 400, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0.001 }, wholesale: { base: 600, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, manufacturer: { base: 500, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, restricted: { base: 600, perSlot: 60, salesPct: 0.001 }, nonrestricted: { base: 2000, perSeat: 2.5, salesPct: 0.0015 } }, carson: { retail_on: { base: 600, perSeat: 1, salesPct: 0.0008 }, retail_off: { base: 300, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0.0008 }, wholesale: { base: 500, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, manufacturer: { base: 400, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, restricted: { base: 500, perSlot: 50, salesPct: 0.0008 }, nonrestricted: { base: 1500, perSeat: 2, salesPct: 0.001 } }, douglas: { retail_on: { base: 500, perSeat: 1, salesPct: 0.0005 }, retail_off: { base: 250, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0.0005 }, wholesale: { base: 400, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, manufacturer: { base: 350, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, restricted: { base: 400, perSlot: 40, salesPct: 0.0005 }, nonrestricted: { base: 1200, perSeat: 1.5, salesPct: 0.001 } }, elko: { retail_on: { base: 450, perSeat: 0.75, salesPct: 0.0005 }, retail_off: { base: 200, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0.0005 }, wholesale: { base: 350, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, manufacturer: { base: 300, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, restricted: { base: 350, perSlot: 35, salesPct: 0.0005 }, nonrestricted: { base: 1000, perSeat: 1.25, salesPct: 0.001 } }, other: { retail_on: { base: 400, perSeat: 0.5, salesPct: 0.0005 }, retail_off: { base: 175, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0.0005 }, wholesale: { base: 300, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, manufacturer: { base: 250, perSeat: 0, salesPct: 0 }, restricted: { base: 300, perSlot: 30, salesPct: 0.0005 }, nonrestricted: { base: 800, perSeat: 1, salesPct: 0.001 } } };

var cs = countySchedules[county][lt]; countyFee = cs.base; var countyBreakdown = county.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + county.slice(1) + " County base: " + nevFmt(cs.base);

if (cs.perSeat && cs.perSeat > 0 && seats > 0) { var seatCharge = seats * cs.perSeat; countyFee += seatCharge; countyBreakdown += " + " + nevFmt(cs.perSeat) + " × " + seats + " seats = " + nevFmt(seatCharge); } if (cs.perSlot && cs.perSlot > 0 && slots > 0) { var slotCharge = slots * cs.perSlot; countyFee += slotCharge; countyBreakdown += " + " + nevFmt(cs.perSlot) + " × " + slots + " slots = " + nevFmt(slotCharge); } if (cs.salesPct && cs.salesPct > 0 && annSales > 0) { var salesCharge = annSales * cs.salesPct; countyFee += salesCharge; countyBreakdown += " + " + (cs.salesPct * 100).toFixed(2) + "% of " + nevFmt(annSales) + " = " + nevFmt(salesCharge); } countyLabel = countyBreakdown;

// ── NEW APPLICATION SURCHARGE ──────────────────────────────────────────── // New applications typically carry a one-time investigation / processing fee var newAppFee = 0; var newAppLabel = ""; if (appType === "new") { // State investigation fee: NRS 369.180 / 369.170 – $100 processing // County investigation fee: typically $200–$500 newAppFee = 100 + (county === "clark" ? 500 : county === "washoe" ? 400 : 300); newAppLabel = "New Application: State processing $100 + County investigation " + nevFmt(newAppFee - 100); }

// ── TOTALS ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── var totalFee = stateFee + countyFee + newAppFee;

// ── OUTPUT ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── var res = document.getElementById("nev-result"); res.style.display = "block"; res.className = "calc-result";

var licenseNames = { retail_on: "Retail On-Sale", retail_off: "Retail Off-Sale", wholesale: "Wholesale Dealer", manufacturer: "Manufacturer", restricted: "Restricted Gaming", nonrestricted: "Non-Restricted Gaming" }; var countyNames = { clark:"Clark County", washoe:"Washoe County", carson:"Carson City", douglas:"Douglas County", elko:"Elko County", other:"Other County" };

res.innerHTML =
"### Estimated Nevada Liquor License Fee
" +
"" +
"License Type" + licenseNames[lt] + "" +
"County" + countyNames[county] + "" +
"Application Type" + (appType === "new" ? "New Application" : "Annual Renewal") + "" +
"State Fee (NRS 369)" + nevFmt(stateFee) + "" +
"Formula" + stateLabel + "" +
"County / Local Fee" + nevFmt(countyFee) + "" +
"Formula" + countyLabel + "" +
(newAppFee > 0 ?
"New Application Fee" + nevFmt(newAppFee) + "" +
"Detail" + newAppLabel + ""
"") + "" + "Total Estimated Annual Fee" + "" + nevFmt(totalFee) + "" + "" + "* This is an estimate only. Actual fees are set by the Nevada Department of Taxation and individual county/city ordinances and may change. Contact your local licensing authority for exact amounts.

"; }

#### Formulas Used

Total Estimated Fee = State Fee + County / Local Fee + New Application Fee (if applicable)

#### Assumptions & References

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