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Top tier cities have an annual licensing fee of ?10 lakhs, whereas tier 4 cities charge ?2.5 lakhs. In other states, businesses must pay a processing fee of ?5,000 after submitting the documents. Following this, the restaurant owner must pay ?50,000 for each spirit brand or type they wish to sell in their restaurant.

An annual fee of Rs 12,000 will have to be paid for the licence. Besides, the excise department will collect an amount of Rs 50,000 as guarantee at the time of applying for the personal bar permit. Only those who have been regularly filing income tax returns (for at least the past five years) will be able to apply.

On 28 January, the state government had hiked license fees for bars and restaurants in Mumbai which hold the permit room license from ?6.93 lakh in 2021-22 to ?7.97 lakh for 2022-23. Similarly, the wine shops in the city would have to shell out ?15 lakh in the coming financial year versus the ?10.39 lakh earlier.

Top tier cities have an annual licensing fee of ?10 lakhs, whereas tier 4 cities charge ?2.5 lakhs. In other states, businesses must pay a processing fee of ?5,000 after submitting the documents. Following this, the restaurant owner must pay ?50,000 for each spirit brand or type they wish to sell in their restaurant.

The state excise has a revenue collection target of ?19,500 crore for the 2021-22 financial year. On 28 January, the state government had hiked license fees for bars and restaurants in Mumbai which hold the permit room license from ?6.93 lakh in 2021-22 to ?7.97 lakh for 2022-23.

?In Nagpur city, the fee is double the licence fee. The fee for a bar is Rs 6 lakh. So if a bar wants to shift to its original location, it will have to pay Rs 12 lakh,? Kakde said. Meanwhile, bar and wine shop owners had a busy day on Wednesday.

The fee hike ranges from Rs 66,500 (against Rs 57,750 in 2021-22) to Rs 7,97,000 (against Rs 6,93,000 in 2021-22) for restaurants and bars, depending on the population size. There are about 20,000 bars and restaurants in the state that will have to shell out more money.

Permit Room License: INR 5,44,000 to serve in permit rooms. INR 1,50,000 for restaurants and wine/beer shops.