Skip to main content

Your local TABC

Compliance Reporting FAQs

This FAQ covers commonly asked questions about compliance reporting. 

Compliance reporting is the process of conducting a self-inspection of a business in Texas.

TABC changed the reporting process in 2019 so that businesses could conduct a quick and easy inspection from their smartphones or other mobile device instead of an on-site visit from a TABC auditor.

Certain license and permit holders are required to submit their annual compliance report during the annual compliance reporting period Jan. 1 – March 31 each year. Holders of the following licenses and permits are required to submit their annual compliance report no later than March 31:

  • Brewer’s License (BW)
  • General Distributor’s License (BB)
  • Branch Distributor’s License (BC)
  • Retail Dealer’s On-Premise License (BE)
  • Retail Dealer’s Off-Premise License (BF)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Off-Premise Permit (BQ)
  • Distiller’s and Rectifier’s Permit (D)
  • Winery Permit (G)
  • Mixed Beverage Permit (MB)
  • Private Club Registration Permit (N)
  • Private Club Malt Beverage and Wine Permit (NB)
  • Private Club Exemption Permit (NE)
  • Package Store Permit (P)
  • Wine-Only Package Store Permit (Q)
  • Wholesaler’s Permit (W)
  • General Class B Wholesaler’s Permit (X)

For 2024, certain permit holders who hold one of the combinations of subordinate permits listed below are not required to submit their annual compliance report during the Jan. 1 – March 31 reporting period. These license/permit holders will begin their report(s) on a later date.

  • Package Store Permit (P) + Local Distributor’s Permit (LP)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s (BW) + Brewpub License (BP) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG) + Brewpub License (BP) + Food and Beverage Certificate (FB) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG) + Brewpub License (BP) + Late Hours Certificate (LH) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG) + Late Hours Certificate (LH) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG) + Brewpub License (BP) + Food and Beverage Certificate (FB) + Late Hours Certificate (LH) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Wine and Malt Beverage Retailer’s Permit (BG) + Food and Beverage Certificate (FB) + Late Hours Certificate (LH) + Local Cartage Permit (E)
  • Brewer’s License (BW) + Brewer’s Self-Distribution License (SD)

No. The previous Compliance Reporting app has been decommissioned and is no longer supported. Compliance reports will be available through AIMS and accessible through Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge using an Android or Apple mobile device.