North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner

The Office of State Tax Commissioner is a North Dakota state government agency responsible for licensing:

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.

History

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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