Comprehensive Compliance Services for Beverage Alcohol Businesses

From licensing and tax reporting to ShipCompliant administration, product registrations, and operational advisory support, CQ&A delivers disciplined compliance execution for domestic and internationally headquartered beverage alcohol businesses with U.S. operations.

Flat-rate compliance support designed for predictability, accountability, and peace of mind.

Core Service Areas

Licensing Compliance

Comprehensive licensing support for direct-to-consumer, three-tier, importer, and regulatory account management across U.S. jurisdictions.

  • New DTC and WH license applications

  • License renewals

  • State account registrations

  • Surety bond management

  • Ownership / structural updates

Indirect Tax Compliance

Disciplined recurring tax compliance support across sales tax, excise tax, direct shipping reporting, and related regulatory obligations.

  • Sales & use tax filings

  • Excise tax filings

  • Direct shipping reporting

  • Tax registrations

  • Filing frequency maintenance

  • Tax account management

Advanced ShipCompliant Administration

Specialized operational and technical administration for ShipCompliant environments, helping clients maintain accurate licensing, tax configuration, product alignment, and day-to-day compliance execution.

  • Account setup, cleanup, and configuration

  • License setup and ongoing maintenance

  • Tax report configuration, filing frequency, and jurisdictional settings management

  • Tax rate settings and maintenance

  • Product (SKU, bundle, and kit) setup and management

  • COLA alignment with product SKUs

  • Integration and error troubleshooting

  • Ongoing order-level transaction review and exception management to identify anomalies before reporting and reduce compliance risk

  • Operational systems support and issue resolution

Product & Brand Compliance

End-to-end support for maintaining compliant product availability across licensed markets.

  • New product and brand registrations

  • Product and brand renewals

  • Price postings

  • Distributor appointment filings

  • Primary American Source Letter support

  • Bottling letter support

  • Distributor change advisory support

Advisory & Special Projects

Strategic and operational support for evolving compliance needs, business expansion, and process improvement initiatives.

  • Compliance audits comparing ShipCompliant configuration against state regulatory and reporting requirements

  • New market expansion strategy and implementation support

  • POS system implementation, setup, and compliance integration support

  • Virtual staff training and operational onboarding

  • Custom compliance and operational special projects

FEATURED OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE

Specialized Service Offerings

These specialized service offerings, including new licensing projects, are available as separate project-based engagements or optional add-on services, with scope and pricing established in advance based on complexity and jurisdictional requirements.

COLA Review & Submissions

Regulatory label review and submission support to help maintain compliant product availability and support timely market access.

  • COLA review support

  • TTB submission assistance

  • State label registration coordination

  • Product launch support

  • Label change review and maintenance

On-Site ShipCompliant Training

Practical in-person training focused on ShipCompliant user adoption, compliance workflows, reporting accuracy, and day-to-day operational execution.

  • ShipCompliant system navigation and user training

  • Fulfillment management workflow training

  • Data analytics and reporting utilization

  • Common order processing error identification and resolution

  • Operational workflow best practices and process efficiency training

  • Team onboarding and user enablement

Business Change & Compliance Advisory

Strategic compliance advisory and project-based execution support for businesses navigating structural, operational, ownership, or expansion changes with regulatory, licensing, and cost implications.

  • Physical premise relocations and operational footprint changes

  • Legal entity restructuring and compliance impact assessments

  • Acquisition and divestiture compliance advisory

  • New licensing projects and market expansion support

  • Licensing, product registration, and ShipCompliant transition planning

  • Regulatory cost modeling and implementation planning

  • Cross-functional coordination with ownership, executive leadership, legal counsel, and operational stakeholders

  • Operational transition support