The Office of State Tax Commissioner is a North Dakota state government agency responsible for licensing:
- alcoholic beverage wholesalers, farm wineries, microbrew pubs, and out-of-state direct shippers, and
- all suppliers selling or shipping alcoholic beverages to liquor and beer wholesalers in North Dakota
and for taxing:
- alcoholic beverage wholesalers, farm wineries, microbrew pubs, and out-of-state direct shippers.
Responsibility for licensing alcoholic beverage retail businesses lies with the state attorney general.
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The current commissioner is Brian Kroshus, who was appointed by Governor Doug Burgum in 2022 after the resignation of Ryan Rauschenberger.
The office has been used as a pathway to larger roles in North Dakota government; recent tax commissioners have run for governor, attorney general, and the U.S. House.
Former U.S. senators Byron Dorgan, Kent Conrad, and Heidi Heitkamp all served as tax commissioners.
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