State duty can be considered a type of tax payment, since it is included in the Russian tax system. Payers of state duties are individuals and legal entities, as well as foreigners and foreign organizations that receive any services on the territory of Russia. Payment of state fees can be made through the State Services online portal.
How can I pay the fee online?
You can pay the required amount for the state duty not only quickly, but also profitably using the government services service. Only this payment method implies a 30% discount on most types of state fees.
The payment process is as simple as possible:
- Submitting an application for the provision of services. Only a registered user can do this, since you will first need to log in to the system using your personal login and password. In order to fill out the application, you will need to find the “Services” tab on the top line of the main page. Next, the search line indicates what type of state duty needs to be paid. The system takes the user to a page for a specific payment. You can also search through the department that provides the service and which requires payment of the state fee.
- After this, the user is taken to the service description page. In order for an invoice to be generated, you need to click the “Get service” button.
- Now on the portal you can pay online not too many state fees. These are the duties that are in greatest demand. These include replacing and initially obtaining a driver’s license, registering a vehicle or deregistering it. This also includes the issuance of passports (Russian and foreign), marriage or divorce, registration of individual entrepreneurs and legal entities.
- After selecting a service, a small questionnaire opens to the user. You need to fill in all the available fields. Only after this, as well as after consenting to the processing of personal data, can you proceed further and click the “Submit” button. The completed application will be in your personal account. After sending, it is marked “Accepted from the applicant.” This is necessary for the system to begin checking all the data in the application; on their basis, an invoice for payment of the state duty will be generated indicating the payment amount.
Payment online
Immediately before making a payment, you need to check all payment details and choose the optimal payment method.
Important! Only online payment directly at State Services gives a 30% discount on certain types of state fees. The discount will be indicated on the receipt.
After the user has chosen to pay online on the portal, he is presented with a new form to fill out. You need to register your card number or your online wallet. If you wish, you can choose any of these sources of debiting funds. Once all payment instrument data has been entered and verified, you can click the “Pay” button. For security purposes, any payment transaction on State Services is confirmed using a one-time digital code from the SMS notification. Payment of state fees is no exception; a code will be sent to your phone and must be indicated in a specific field on the website.
Procedure for paying the fee
You can pay the state fee online
The procedures for paying state fees are not a very complicated undertaking. To implement it you need to do the following:
- First, find the appropriate receipt, which, after paying the fee, will be provided to the government agency of your application. You can get one in several ways:
- take it from the organization whose application requires payment of a state fee;
- print the receipt yourself, taking a sample of it from the website of the organization whose application requires payment of a state fee;
- get the paper at the place of payment (not always possible). It is important to understand that the type and format of the receipt is determined based on the region of your residence and the characteristics of the case due to which the fee must be paid.
- Secondly, to pay the state fee it is important to have some information. Often the following is enough:
- payer's passport details;
- the reason for paying the fee and, accordingly, applying to a specific government organization;
- details of the recipient of funds;
- the transaction number received after the payment has been made and must be included in the receipt for payment of the fee.
Depending on the specific features of paying state duty, additional documents may be required. For example, when you first obtain a driver’s license, to pay the receipt you will have to find the details of the driving school where the training was conducted, and to go to court, you will have to find the amount of the claim and the amount of the fee, calculated based on the first.
Thirdly, having completed the previous two steps, you need to directly pay the fee. You can pay for the receipt in one of the following ways:
- through a cash desk at Sberbank or another banking organization;
- through a bank terminal in a branch of any bank;
- via the Internet: either using the website of a government organization, access to which requires payment of a fee, or using the Unified Portal of Government Services, or using a personal account in the Internet bank “Sberbank Online” and the like.
Each payment method has its own advantages and disadvantages. The procedure for each of them is discussed below.
Refund in case of overpayment
Sometimes mistakes happen and the user tries to get his money back for the state fee. The money can be returned. However, before a refund occurs, the overpayment must be reviewed by the departments that collected the state fee.
As a rule, returns occur in the following situations:
- The citizen paid the money, but did not apply for the service.
- More money was paid than required.
- The user paid for the service, but was denied it.
Funds can be returned when paying state fees for registering a marriage or divorce, as well as for any other services provided by the registry office.
Payment methods for state fees
Contemporaries no longer face long queues. Payment for the services of government organizations occurs without difficulty, so people do not have to waste their personal time. What methods are available to the population?
- Russian Post.
- Sberbank branch.
- Online banking.
- Terminals at the MFC.
It's time to get acquainted with the available opportunities that are gradually gaining popularity. People are tired of traditional ways, but they also need to be taken into account. A detailed description will be required for each option so that when choosing you do not encounter misunderstandings of important points.
How to receive a payment receipt?
The State Services portal, despite the fact that it can be used to easily pay state fees, cannot provide citizens with receipts for paying them in other ways. If a receipt is required, then the citizen must use the following algorithm:
- Directly from the State Services portal, you need to go to the department that requested payment of the state duty. You can find the organization you need in the State section. From the list provided, you need to select the item that indicates the required department and click on it. Next, click on the line “Information and contacts”, and then “Go to website”.
- Once on the page of the desired department, you should open the “Receipts for payment of state fees” tab. This will be exactly the page on which the payment receipt is generated.
- After filling out the special form, you can click the “Complete” button. Citizens will be able to use such a receipt to pay through an employee of any bank or through a self-service terminal.
Advantages of working with State Services
Only the State Services portal provides advantages when paying state fees:
- A 30% discount on some state fees - this advantage belongs only to the State Services portal. This rule has been in effect since 01/01/2017.
- Making it as easy as possible to fill out an application for payment and a receipt. This is due to the fact that most personal data is already in the user’s personal account. Therefore, when filling out any form, they are added automatically.
- Easy correction of any data. Conveniently, changes can be made to the application at any stage of the work, even after checking the data.
Payment of the state fee for obtaining a driver's license at State Services
State Services is a portal that combines a whole range of services that citizens need when resolving daily issues of a medical, property and legal nature. An individual can use this portal online to resolve their issues related to obtaining citizenship, visas, passports, pay taxes and fees, and make an appointment with a doctor. Other services include payment and replacement of a driver's license.
One of the most important advantages of the State Services portal is the opportunity to save your money. Payment for State Services involves a 30% discount. This also applies to paying for a driver’s license or replacing it. That is, the total amount of the state duty for the license will be only 1,400 rubles, this is a very significant difference.
In order to pay the state fee on this site, you must:
- Register on the portal and get a verified account. If all this has already been done, you can log in using your phone number and password.
- Among all the services, you need to find the “Public Services” section and then go to the “Issuance or replacement of a driver’s license” section.
- An electronic application is filled out and the requested information is entered into the required fields.
- You will need to wait 10-15 minutes for the operator to review the application and send approval for payment.
- All you have to do is go to the “My Accounts” section, a notification with the state duty accrued for payment will already be ready there. This amount is generated by the system itself automatically.
- The operation is completed by clicking the “Pay” button. The required amount will be transferred from the card account.
- After that, all that remains is to receive a receipt. The form can be downloaded and then printed.
Application status tracking
Once a fee application has been submitted, you can track its status in your account. When the application verification is successfully completed, the first message is sent to your personal account. It is sent by the authority that offers to pay the state fee.
If any errors were made in the application and the process of providing the service cannot move forward without eliminating them, then the citizen receives another message in his personal account. It will indicate errors and how to fix them. All the user needs to do is fill out the application form again.
If no errors were found in the application, the user will be asked to appear at the department at the specified time and date and receive the completed document. When a citizen does not appear at the appointed time, the application is canceled. If you want to receive the service, you will have to do everything again. Funds paid as state fees will need to be returned in accordance with the established procedure.
Russian Post
Russian Post is gradually losing popularity. Paying receipts at branches has been available since time immemorial, but now people are reluctant to go to them. The reason for this is constant queues and the unavailability of some organizations. If the question arises about how to pay the state fee for a license, you will have to turn to other methods.
The post office is not as convenient as people might think. The queue there remains endless, so it is better to prepare in advance for the loss of free time. In practice, it is much more profitable to turn to any other option. Moreover, people take these nuances into account without even trying to return to traditional receipts.
