The fee for an annual wholesale liquor license is one thousand dollars. The fee for an annual wholesale beer license is two hundred dollars. Fees must be reduced twenty-five percent for each full quarter of a year elapsed between the first day of the year for which the license is issued and the date on which the application for the license is filed with the state tax commissioner. When an application clearly indicates that the applicant does not desire to exercise the privileges granted by the license applied for until on or after the beginning of the quarterly period following the quarterly period in which the application is filed with the department, the fees must be reduced twenty-five percent for each full quarter of a year elapsing between the first day of the year for which the license is issued and the date indicated    on the application. A license may not be issued for any period for a fee less than one-half of the annual license fee.