As most Pennsylvania liquor license holders are all too well aware, in May of 2016, the Pa.L.C.B. converted to an online filing system that\u00a0has done away with paper forms.\u00a0 Licensees were advised prior to the transition to notify the Pa.L.C.B. of a valid e-mail address where all future communications would be sent\u00a0in order that licensees could renew their licenses appropriately.\u00a0 Every year your license has to be renewed, and those forms awaited licensees at their home State Store.\u00a0 Renewal applications (called validations in odd years) for Lehigh, Northampton and Montgomery counties became available January 3, 2017, through the PLCB+ system.\u00a0 If you have not yet provided a valid e-mail address to the Pa.L.C.B., you should do so immediately.\u00a0 Lehigh, Northampton and Montgomery county licenses have a filing deadline of March 2.\u00a0 If your validation is not submitted prior to March 2, you will incur a $100.00 late filing fee.\u00a0 Submissions made after April 30\u00a0will incur a $250.00 late filing fee, and since your license authority will have expired, you will have\u00a0to cease operations pending proper validation of your license. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Be sure to pay attention to the tab on the PLCB+ page of your validation application where you will need to check the renewal of any permits you may hold; i.e., amusement, Sunday Sales, etc.\u00a0 All filing fees are paid online through the PLCB+ portal with a valid credit card.<\/p>\n
Please pay close attention to the tax audit box to ensure that you are clear for Departments of Revenue and Labor & Industry purposes.\u00a0 If your tax audit reflects a \u201cnot clear\u201d status, depending on your outstanding taxing obligations, obtaining the necessary clearances for validation of your license can be time consuming and may affect whether or not you can obtain your renewal in a timely manner and avoid having to pay a late fee.\u00a0 Accessing your validation application, ensuring that you reflect a \u201cclear\u201d status for Revenue and Labor & Industry purposes, and submitting the requisite fee, should be done in the near future, but definitely prior to March 2, 2017.<\/p>\n
Please note that licenses held in safekeeping must be validated as well.\u00a0 Notice of the most recent validation application being available will be provided to your safekeeping contact, but you should also ensure that you register a valid e-mail address to receive all communications.<\/p>\n
For information on this matter, or regarding federal and Pennsylvania liquor law matters or general manufacturing and distribution advice, please contact Liquor Law Department Chair Theodore J. Zeller III, Esquire, at tzeller@nmmlaw.com or at our offices at 610-391-1800.<\/p>\n
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