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A 24-hour liquor store has many advantages over its competitors. Firstly, customers visit alcohol markets more often than regular grocery outlets. The assortment here is wider, and specialization on a specific product inspires confidence.

Selecting a room

The first step towards opening a night trade store is finding suitable premises. Its location will directly affect your profit, so you should be careful in your choice. The best option is if it is a residential area, and there is a public transport stop in the immediate vicinity. High pedestrian traffic is important - the store should face a thoroughfare with active traffic. An advantage for those arriving by car will be the presence of parking or at least a road “pocket” nearby.

Make sure there are no direct competitors in the 24/7 format. At least within walking distance. The presence of grocery chain outlets nearby, as well as stores operating exclusively during the daytime, will only be an advantage.

There are many restrictions on placing an alcohol store under the law:

1. The minimum area of ​​the premises for the city is 50 sq.m. For rural areas - 25 sq.m.
2. A mandatory point is the absence of educational and medical institutions, as well as sports facilities, sports facilities, military facilities, and gas stations in the immediate vicinity. The area of ​​adjacent territory in which trade is prohibited is established at the regional level.
3. As in other enterprises, it is important to have a ventilation system, a fire exit, all communications, as well as compliance with all SES and fire safety requirements.
4. The object must be stationary. If the certificate of ownership indicates “temporary structure”, “kiosk”, “pavilion”, the premises will not suit you.
5. To connect to the online cash register and the EGAIS system, you will need Internet access.

Obtaining a license

To obtain a license for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, you must register entity- OOO. The IP format will not work in this case.

The list of documents required to obtain a license may vary depending on the region. Usually this:

• constituent documents: charter, constituent agreement, decision on the appointment of general. directors;
• registration documents: state certificate registration, certificate of registration in tax authority, extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, documents confirming the presence of an authorized capital, etc.

In addition, the package should be accompanied by a lease agreement and a certificate of ownership of the premises, documents from the BTI, an agreement with a security company, a garbage removal agreement, and a receipt for payment of the license fee.

Machinery and equipment

We present only the necessary minimum that is required for the normal operation of the store.

1. Computer or laptop, printer.
2. Cash desk, fiscal registrar, EGAIS module, scanner that reads barcodes.
3. Security system: video recording cameras, as well as a button to call a rapid response team.
4. A bar counter, several tables and chairs, as well as the paraphernalia accompanying this area: dishes, coasters for drinks, etc.
5. Racks, shelves for arranging a warehouse and other necessary furniture.
6. Safe.
7. Buyer's corner.
8. Radio/music equipment (if provided).

Suppliers and assortment

Another component of an effective alcohol market is a carefully planned assortment. On initial stage the optimal set would be a “standard” set: beer, wine, champagne, vodka, cognac. As marketing research shows, in the field of alcohol, 80% of buyers prefer well-known, proven brands. Which is not surprising - most people are wary of new brands, suspecting falsification or low quality of the product. After a few months successful work and the appearance of a regular clientele, you can begin to expand the assortment by adding new profitable brands of alcohol.

When choosing suppliers, make sure they are reliable. If you are planning a long-term business, product quality is out of the question - your reputation must be 100% pure. According to the same studies, most buyers prefer to buy alcohol in trusted places, even despite the inflated price. Ask the wholesaler for certificates and other required documents for the goods.

When planning your assortment, take into account the “seasonality” of drinks. In summer, low-alcohol beer, wine and champagne are popular. During the cold season, strong alcohol sells better.

How much money do you need to start?

So, let's move on to the calculations.

1. We will include in expenses the amount for renting a premises of 50 sq. m. m in the amount of 50,000 rubles. In reality, it will vary depending on the territorial location of the point; you just need to find a financially suitable option.
2. Registration of an LLC and a current account, as well as registration of a lease agreement to obtain a license, will cost 30,000 rubles.
3. Fire safety, installation of video surveillance system, panic button, concluding an agreement with a security company - 70,000 rubles.
4. Since 2016, alcohol trade has been carried out only with a connection to the EGAIS system. For it you will need to purchase a special module + scanner - in total about 15,000 rubles.
5. Obtaining a license for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages - 65,000 rubles.
6. Computer + printer, safe, Internet connection - RUB 30,000.
7. Fiscal registrar, barcode reader, cash register and its registration with the tax office - 30,000 rubles.
8. Furniture necessary for work, as well as commercial equipment and refrigerators - 200,000 rubles.
9. Illuminated sign, branded display window design, operating hours, buyer's corner and other paraphernalia - RUB 30,000.

Let's call these costs investment costs. In total they will amount to 520,000 - 550,000 rubles.

The purchase of goods from suppliers will cost from 500,000 to 1,000,000 rubles. depending on the assortment and stock of the warehouse.

Variable expenses

The salary of salespeople, a visiting accountant and a cleaner will be about 70,000 rubles per month. Public utilities and rent - 60,000 rubles. Internet, communications, bank account maintenance, security costs - 10,000 rubles. Total 140,000 rub.

Payback period and income

According to average estimates, opening a night trade store will require 1,300,000 rubles.

With an average check of 350 rubles. and a traffic rate of 2,000 people per month, revenue will be 700,000 per month. With a markup of 40%, we get a monthly profit of 280,000 rubles.

Thus, the payback period of the project will be 5 months.

With or without a franchise?

Cooperation with alcohol market chains provides many advantages: a recognizable brand, step by step guide for opening a store (or several points), technical and organizational support, formed assortment. The only disadvantages include the costs of purchasing a franchise, which, by the way, pays off in just a year, due to more interesting conditions from suppliers, which are negotiated by the central office.

On the franchise market, we found only one franchise of a night trade alcohol store - " "

After the chain of alcohol markets "" stopped operating as a store at night, St. Petersburg residents had almost no legal ways to buy bottled alcohol after 10 pm. "Rosal" is a network of 30 points that operated as shops during the day, and at night they sold visitors drinks from the hall, but in open bottles. Such networks were the result of bans on the sale of alcohol. At first, the authorities introduced restrictions on night sales in stores, and those called bars. Gradually, the rules became stricter; for catering and retail it was necessary to have two different licenses and different premises. Many stores abandoned the “double game” and returned to regular trading; Rosal turned out to be one of the most persistent.

System without failures

After the governor of St. Petersburg demanded that the government stop the activities of such stores in October 2017, a series of checks were carried out at the chain’s locations to ensure compliance with all legal requirements. After them, they stopped selling alcohol from the trading floor at night, but in the bar area visitors are offered drinks by the glass. Now St. Petersburg residents can buy alcohol during the “forbidden” time - from 22 to 11 o'clock - only in bars. Many market participants believe that attempts to circumvent the "" system, which ensures the legality of the sale of alcohol, will become more frequent.

Elena Lobova, an expert at the Kontur.Market service of the SKB Kontur company, says that for the system to work, the manufacturer or importer marks the bottle with a barcode with product data. Data is sent to the system in the form of electronic documents. Upon purchase, the wholesaler receives accompanying documents for the shipment from EGAIS. In a store, if the information does not match the invoice, the merchandiser rejects the shipment. And already upon sale, the cashier scans the excise tax, the code is instantly sent to EGAIS, and the system confirms the sale only if the bottle with such a code has not yet been sold. The receipt can be additionally checked through the services of the Federal Tax Service. In bars, the excise stamp is not scanned; it is not the sale of alcohol that is recorded, but data on balances. Beer is also “counted” based on leftovers. “Strong alcohol sold not in bottles still has its own excise stamp placed on a barrel or keg with this alcohol. And when sales from this container begin, this stamp is read as if all the strong alcohol was sold at once, but not by the bottle. "And then records are kept of the remains of strong alcohol sold from these opened containers. And beer, since it is unlabeled alcohol and does not have excise stamps, is taken into account only by writing off the balances," adds Anton Elikov, commercial director of Mercat.

Sergey Bazhenov, general director of the automation company Cleverence, explains that EGAIS works simply and complexly at the same time. On the surface, it all comes down to scanning another barcode. But to do this, companies exchange hundreds of files protected with an electronic signature with each other and the government. “It’s like a cell phone. It’s easy to dial a number, but if you figure it out, it becomes difficult,” says Bazhenov. He adds that not everyone uses the Unified State Automated Information System to the full extent: “For example, many people are too lazy to check the parties’ compliance with the documents. But it’s like with traffic police video cameras: if the police don’t stop, it doesn’t mean that no one saw it. At some point, fines will start pouring in.” "In practice, bypassing the Unified State Automated Information System is no different from twisting counters. The robot will find an error."

Entrepreneurs doubt that there are still ways to bypass the system. “Theoretically, you can give away a bottle of vodka at night, and in the morning impose excise duty on another, but then the same brand will go to the Unified State Automated Information System twice. The result will be deprivation of the license and a fine,” says Alexey Shabanov, leading product manager at Pilot Group of Companies. Anton Elikov adds that the mass “disguising” of stores as public catering stopped after the legislative obligation for the seller to independently open the sold bottle.

Drink in the dark

As a result, at night you can buy alcohol legally only in a bar or in the remaining bars-shops, which have two separate rooms, two cash registers and two licenses - for retail sales and for catering. There are only a few of these left: these are some Rosal outlets and the Monopol bar. You can order illegal alcohol via the Internet (in October 2017, a DP correspondent conducted such an experiment and received a bottle of vodka without a tax stamp), or in stores “through acquaintances,” bypassing the Unified State Automated Information System. The seller can pour strong alcohol into his own container or, if we are talking about beer, simply not break the bottle and break another one in the morning. At the same time, the government is now considering a bill to legalize the sale of alcohol via the Internet. refused to approve the document. But Vadim Drobiz, director of the Center for Alcohol Market Research "CIFRRA", is confident that online trading will be allowed. “I think the Ministry of Health will be ordered to stop fooling around. Now the department is demonstrating an irreconcilable position, not supported by logic, there is a “dispute between Ostap Bender and the priests,” he argues. “As for nightly “liquors,” they appear only where regional authorities additionally strengthened the federal ban."

Vadim Drobiz notes that even when night trade in alcohol was allowed, it accounted for only about 10% of sales. “In 2007, a ban on trading after 11 pm appeared, and retail would have easily “eaten up” this if the regions had not started racing to take up even more evening time,” explains the expert. He is confident that in St. Petersburg an extra hour of permitted alcohol sales - up to 11 p.m. - would completely solve the problem and the liquor stores would stop opening.

In our country it is difficult to imagine organizing and holding any celebrations without alcoholic drinks. Therefore, many entrepreneurs choose this area for their business. But for this to be truly profitable, you need to understand the rules of trading. There are a number of requirements that an entrepreneur must meet. The first of these is obtaining a license to conduct this activity, but according to the law, it is not issued to individual entrepreneurs. So how can individual entrepreneurs sell alcoholic beverages in 2019?

What kind of alcohol can an individual entrepreneur sell?

In 2019, in order to engage in the sale of alcoholic beverages, it is necessary to obtain a license if the drinks that are planned for sale contain ethyl alcohol not less than 6%. But they can sell low-alcohol drinks, for which a license is not required. These include:

• beer;
• poire;
• mead;
• beer drinks;
• cider and others.

Features of trade in low-alcohol drinks in 2019

In 2019, there were changes in the process of trading both alcoholic and low-alcohol drinks. This is due to the mandatory connection of individual entrepreneurs who are engaged or planning to engage in the sale of low-alcohol drinks to the Unified State Automated Information System. The latter is a unified state automated system that collects information on how much ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and low-alcohol products are produced and sold. EGAIS has existed for about 10 years. But in 2019, this framework is being tightened to implement state control over the volumes and use of these products in the country’s markets.

It is worth noting that this year beer comes under very careful control, which is associated with large volumes of counterfeit products on the market for these products. It is EGAIS that will help control the quality of products in everyday life, as well as the payment of excise taxes from manufacturers.

Therefore, individual entrepreneurs who sell beer or other low-alcohol drinks must enter purchase data into the Unified State Automated Information System database. They do not have to report sales in this system, namely the number of products purchased for subsequent trading.

To start transferring information to this registry, you need to install a universal transport module. You can connect to the database yourself without submitting any additional applications.

The algorithm for setting up communication with EGAIS is as follows:

1. check the data of your computer equipment, which must meet the following parameters:

• RAM – at least 2 GB;
• core – at least 2 GHz;
• operating system – Windows, but versions from 7.

1. register on the official website of RosAlcoRegulation egais.ru by immediately opening Personal Area, in which you must enter all additional data;
2. Next, you need to download to your equipment the already mentioned program, a universal transport module that will connect the point of sale of alcohol and the Unified State Automated Information System;
3. the next stage of integration into this database is the purchase of a special crypto key such as JaCarta, as well as depositing qualified electronic signature. The cost of these procedures will be within 4 thousand rubles.
4. The installation of the universal module should be carried out on the equipment that is directly used in the process of selling alcohol, namely on the computer where the cash register program is installed.

The EGAIS notification system for individual entrepreneur purchases will work as follows:

1. the supplier delivers the goods to the point of sale or storage warehouse, issuing a trade bill of lading (TTN);
2. The supplier does not give the TTN to the individual entrepreneur who ordered the products, but enters it into the Unified State Automated Information System;
3. an entrepreneur who is engaged in the trade of these low-alcohol drinks also receives a document using the funds in this database, after which he checks the delivery with the TTN;
4. the result of the check is entered into the Unified State Automated Information System, namely a confirmation if all the numbers agree, or an act of discrepancy if there are inaccuracies.

The system is designed in a fairly simple way. Entrepreneurs can easily install all the necessary applications on their own and actively use them within the law. But there are also service departments that can provide services for setting up EGAIS programs for a fee.

Additional documentation for those who sell beer

Individual entrepreneurs who plan to continue activities related to the sale of low-alcohol drinks in 2019, or start it, should know that from the first day of January they need to keep a beer sales log. Its form and rules of administration were drawn up by RosAlkoRegulation, which also controls the Unified State Automated Information System.

Filling out this log can be done either manually or using various automated programs in which the corresponding accounts will be created.

The main part of the journal should contain the following information about the individual entrepreneur who trades alcoholic beverages:

• venue address entrepreneurial activity for the sale of alcohol.

The beer sales journal itself is a form that consists of the following columns:

• serial number;
• date of sale of goods. If beer is sold in the establishment Catering, then the day on which the container was printed must be entered in the form;
• barcode, which is indicated on the excise stamp;
• name of a low-alcohol product, although for alcohol this form should also be used;
• product code according to the generally accepted Russian classifier;
• packaging volume, which indicates the amount of drink in the container sold;
• the number of containers that were sold.

Rules for filling out the sales journal

There are several basic rules for filling out a sales log of beer or other low-alcohol drinks, if we talk about individual entrepreneurs:

1. it is filled out at the location of the relevant activity, that is, where the individual entrepreneur sells this alcohol;
2. You must fill in the sales data no later than the next day after the sale;
3. in cafes, restaurants or other establishments of a similar type in which an individual entrepreneur sells beer or other low-alcohol drinks, enter the date of sale, the date when the container of alcohol was opened.

It is worth noting that the ability to enter data into the journal the day after the sale, but not later, appeared only in 2017. Previously, the procedure for maintaining such a document required those who sold alcohol to enter data on the sale immediately on the day of sale. Filling out this form also allows you to not fill out the 68-character code from the alcohol brand. The columns in which it was necessary to enter data about the alcohol manufacturer were removed from the 2019 sales log, which greatly simplifies its completion. True, at the same time there was a need for daily summing up.

Keeping a journal to record the sale of alcohol, as well as low-alcohol drinks, is possible in the following way:

1. paper format;
2. electronic file.

A paper file involves manual journaling, that is, entering data into all columns yourself.

An electronic journal file is much more convenient and profitable for individual entrepreneurs. This is due to the fact that it can already be automatically generated by connecting to EGAIS. Since connecting an individual entrepreneur to the latest database is mandatory, then compiling a log will not be difficult at all. If you use this particular method of keeping a log of the sale of alcoholic beverages, then you don’t have to fill out the last 4 columns, namely:

• name of the drink;
• code of product;
• container volume;
• quantity.

This journal is not difficult to maintain and fill out, so be sure to adhere to the law and maintain it. After all, if the sale of beer or other low-alcohol drinks to an individual entrepreneur does take place, and this is not entered into the alcohol sales register, then the entrepreneur will have to pay a fine of 10-15 thousand rubles.

Will there be changes for those who sell beer in plastic containers?

Previously, the state did not control the sale of beer, beer products or other low-alcohol products so seriously. Now the individual entrepreneur needs to join the Unified State Automated Information System. This not only tightened control, but at the same time simplified cooperation with suppliers on some level. After all, even invoices are checked in this database. Without connecting to EGAIS, you won’t be able to work with partners, who should also become part of that base. They have the right to issue products only through invoices in the specified system.

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In the previous article on the sale of alcoholic beverages, we talked about... This is a rather expensive and difficult procedure that novice entrepreneurs may not be able or afford. But such are the peculiarities of the Russian mentality that before abandoning a plan, a domestic businessman explores all the so-called workarounds that will allow him to work without directly violating the law.

So is it possible to sell alcohol without a license, and what could this option for generating income turn out to be like for an entrepreneur? Read about this later in the article.

Selling alcohol without a license - myth or reality - what the law says

To understand the issue of needing a license for retail alcohol, you should contact federal law No. 171-FZ “On state regulation of the production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products<…>».

According to this legal act, activities related to the retail sale of alcohol are subject to mandatory licensing. At the same time, you can obtain permission to carry out this type of activity only by fulfilling a number of requirements:

• obtaining the status of an organization (find out);
• formation of the authorized capital established by regional legislation, which in some cases reaches 1 million rubles;
• payment of state duty in the amount of 65 thousand rubles;
• selection of premises for locating a store in accordance with established requirements for square footage, etc.

The law also provides for certain exceptions regarding licensing - not all alcohol-containing products require a permit in order to trade them. What alcohol can be sold without a license? The following are exceptions:

• beer;
• mead;
• cider;
• Poiret (pear cider).

All other products, including wine and spirits, can only be sold with a license for the retail sale of alcohol. This requirement applies not only to shops, but also to catering establishments.

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What alcohol can be sold without a license - sales of beer and beer drinks

Despite the fact that selling beer does not oblige a businessman to obtain a special permit, the above-mentioned law makes it clear that without complying with certain individual requirements, this type of activity is not possible.

These include:

• registering a business activity with the tax service, for example, as an individual entrepreneur (will not take much time and money);
• availability of documents that confirm the legality of the origin of products (waybills (Billing Notes) and certificates to the CTN);
• maintaining records and declaration of sales volume;
• trading only through stationary facilities with retail and warehouse premises;
• availability of cash registers;
• compliance with the rules of alcohol trade - a ban on sales at night (except for catering establishments), a ban on sales to minors, etc.

When choosing a place to open a retail outlet, you should keep in mind that beer and beer drinks cannot be sold in medical, children's and educational institutions and in the territories adjacent to them.

Important! From July 1, 2016, the sale of beer and other low-alcohol drinks listed in the previous chapter can be carried out only after registration in EGAIS - the unified state automated information system. Each fact of purchasing such products for the purpose of subsequent retail sale must be recorded in the system using special software.

To obtain objective information about what equipment and software will be required to work with EGAIS, we recommend visiting the information portal of Rosalkogolregulirovanie, dedicated directly to this system www.egais.ru.

Please note that sales of beer and beer drinks are not subject to recording in the system, unlike sales of strong alcohol, where each bottle sold must be recorded. Entrepreneurs selling beer only need to keep a Retail Sales Log and draw up a daily write-off report for sold products in EGAIS.

And you can find out how to save on personal income tax and VAT at this address: . All about the peculiarities of taxation under the general regime.

Thus, the sale of alcoholic products without a license can be carried out subject to all the specified requirements if it means the sale of beer and beer drinks, as well as mead, cider and poire.

And if there is a direct reference to this possibility in the law, then the methods of selling alcohol, which will be discussed below, are not mentioned in the regulatory framework, but at the same time they do not contradict the current legislation. These are the very “workarounds”.

Methods of selling alcohol without a license, found in the practice of Russian businessmen

Resourceful domestic entrepreneurs have invented several ways to make money selling alcohol without obtaining any permits, which have taken root in many regions of the country; many retail outlets and catering establishments still use them today.

How to sell alcohol without a license? One option is to conclude a lease (or sublease) agreement between an individual entrepreneur or a legal entity. an unlicensed person acting as a lessor and an organization holding a license to sell alcohol at retail, which therefore becomes a lessee. When executing such a transaction, the parties indicate not a fixed amount as the rent, but a percentage of the licensee’s revenue.

For example, businessman Ivanov, who wants to make money selling alcoholic beverages, but is unable to obtain a permit, rents out part of his retail premises, in which he, for example, sells food or beer, to a licensee organization.

The licensee places display cases with alcohol on the provided area, installs a cash register, formally hires one of the sellers, businessman Ivanov, and starts trading. That is, the entrepreneur Ivanov actually sells alcohol and he is interested in selling more goods, since his income depends on this - the higher the licensee’s revenue, the greater the amount he will receive as rent. De jure, all sales go through an organization that has a license to sell alcohol, and the law has not been violated in this case.

Such cooperation is beneficial to both parties. However, in order to translate the idea into reality, it is necessary to take into account some nuances:

• The store premises must have a sales area and warehouse with total area not less than 50 sq. m;
• the location of the store must comply with the requirements of Law No. 171-FZ: trade should not be carried out on the territory of children's, educational, medical institutions or in close proximity to them, etc.;
• The rules for selling alcohol must be observed, for example, you cannot sell products from 11 p.m. to 8 p.m., etc.

How profitable this scheme can be for an entrepreneur depends on what percentage of the proceeds will be specified in the contract. As a rule, it is around 15-20%, while the markup on alcoholic beverages used by licensees varies from 35% and above.

How to sell alcohol without a license in a catering establishment? Owners of clubs, bars and cafes have also succeeded in solving this problem. However, unlike retail businesses, they do not involve outsiders in the business. They work on the principle “you can’t sell, but you can treat.”

After all, in fact, the law does not prohibit treating or giving alcohol; the ban only applies to sales without a license.

So, the owners of such establishments include in their menu some dish that hints at alcohol. For example - “snack with vodka”. An intrigued client orders a dish, he is served an inexpensive appetizer and a gift from the establishment - 100 g of vodka. At the same time, the cost of the dish includes the cost of snacks, alcohol and a good markup.

Liability of an entrepreneur selling alcohol without a license

This is not to say that these schemes are completely transparent. Such activities may attract the attention of law enforcement and supervisory authorities, and further developments will depend on many circumstances. IN judicial practice There are cases when entrepreneurs resorting to such trading schemes managed to justify themselves. But there have also been cases where unlicensed businessmen selling alcohol in similar ways have had to bear responsibility.

In the event that a controlling, supervisory or licensing authority reveals a violation of the law, namely, the sale of alcohol without a license, the following measures may be applied to the violator:

• confiscation of goods;
• seizure of technological equipment for the sale of alcohol;
• a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles, and if such activity is associated with causing damage to the state or generating income on a particularly large scale - from 100 thousand to 500 thousand rubles;
• imprisonment for a term of 6 months to 5 years;
• forced labor for up to 5 years.

The last three points are relevant for cases where the sale of alcohol without a license is equated to illegal business in accordance with Art. 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.