Renew Alcoholic Beverage Licenses Through the County Tax Office

Selling alcohol in El Paso County means dealing with two desks that people mix up all the time. The renewal desk is the Ascarate Tax Office, where beer, wine, and liquor renewals clear with the license statement and the payment.

A brand-new license starts somewhere else entirely. Beer and wine applications begin with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which is why a single business often finds itself working both sides at once: TABC for the state license, the county Tax Office for the local payment or renewal.

The expensive mistake gets made earlier than either of those, back when you're eyeing a storefront. An address that looks perfect can be quietly dead on arrival because of a setback rule or a school down the block, and nothing about the building will warn you. Walk the spot past zoning, TABC, the city, and the county before the lease gets signed, not after the keys are in your hand and the rent clock is running.