On the local fee for crossing the State Border of the Republic of Belarus by vehicles
About the introduction of the fee
In accordance with Article 4 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of December 29, 2020 No. 72-Z "On Amendments to the Tax Code of the Republic of Belarus" and in order to combat COVID-19, the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies adopted Resolution No. 238 of June 29, 2021 "On local fees".
By this resolution, a local fee for crossing the State Border of the Republic of Belarus by vehicles at checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus has been introduced on the territory of the Vitebsk region.
In the Vitebsk region, the fee will be charged for crossing the State Border by a vehicle when leaving the country at checkpoints on the border with the Latvian ("Grigorovshchina", "Gavrilino", "Urbany", "Plyusy") and Lithuanian ("Vidzy", "Moldevichi", "Lyntupy") republics.
These checkpoints are located in the territories of the Verkhnedvinsky, Braslavsky and Postavsky districts of the region.
The fee rate is one base value for crossing the border by one vehicle (having at least four wheels, with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 5 tons, excluding wheeled tractors and self-propelled machines), regardless of the number of passengers in it.
The fee is charged from August 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023. The document confirming the payment of the fee is presented at the checkpoints by the driver of a vehicle belonging to an organization or an individual, including one registered as an individual entrepreneur.
Exemptions from the fee
According to Article 4 of Law No. 72-Z, the following vehicles are exempt from the fee:
- heads of state and government of the Republic of Belarus, members of parliamentary, government and other official delegations of the Republic of Belarus, the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and other state bodies;
- heads of state and government, members of parliamentary, governmental and other official delegations, persons arriving in the Republic of Belarus at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and other state bodies;
- employees of diplomatic missions and consular institutions of the Republic of Belarus in foreign states, documented with diplomatic and service passports, as well as their family members;
- employees of diplomatic missions, consular institutions, other official representations of foreign states, international organizations and interstate formations, their representations and bodies, and their family members;
- persons traveling to the funeral of family members and close relatives, upon presentation of supporting documents;
- persons accompanying the deceased for burial during the transportation of coffins (urns) with their bodies (remains);
- disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War, disabled persons of Group I and II, as well as persons accompanying them;
- participants of the Great Patriotic War, upon presentation of supporting documents;
- participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl NPP disaster;
- persons traveling for treatment to sanatorium-resort institutions, upon presentation of supporting documents;
- participants of sports and mass sports, cultural, educational events, upon presentation of supporting documents.
By the decision of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies No. 238, the following vehicles are additionally exempted from the fee:
- representatives of state bodies of the Republic of Belarus in order to perform official duties, upon presentation of supporting documents;
- foreign citizens and stateless persons arriving in the Republic of Belarus at the invitation of state bodies, state organizations, upon presentation of supporting documents;
- foreign
On the Procedure for Fee Payment
The fee is paid into the revenue of the regional budget of the Vitebsk region (if the border crossing points of the Republic of Belarus are located in the Vitebsk region).
Details for Fee Payment:
Main Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk region, account No. BY37 AKBB 3600 3010 0002 0000 0000 with JSC "ASB Belarusbank" Minsk, bank BIK AKBBBY2X, UNP 300594330. Budget payment code 03110 "Fee for crossing the State Border of the Republic of Belarus by vehicles".
In case the location of the border crossing point through which the State Border of the Republic of Belarus is crossed is in the Vitebsk region, and the fee is paid to the regional budget of any other region, the fee is considered not paid.
The fee is paid in Belarusian rubles before crossing the state border (in advance), or upon crossing the border at the crossing points, based on the size of the basic unit in effect on the date of payment.
Given that currently not all border crossing points in the region are equipped with the necessary infrastructure for fee payment, it is recommended to pay the fee before arriving at the border crossing point to avoid problems with payment processing and to reduce border crossing time.
The document confirming the fee payment is presented by the vehicle driver at the border crossing point to an officer of the border service or an official of the customs authority (except in cases where the vehicle is exempt from paying the fee). The document can be presented in paper or electronic form.
This document must contain the following information: the name of the organization and/or the surname, first name, patronymic (if any) of the payer, the amount and date of payment, the vehicle registration number, and the purpose of payment.
The fee can be paid at the branches of RUP "Belpochta" and credit and financial organizations (at the bank's cash desk, ATM, payment and inquiry terminal, info kiosk, Internet banking, mobile banking).
If the payment is made at the bank's cash desk, inform about the need to make the payment through the "Расчет" (ERIP) system.
In the "Расчет" (ERIP) system, you need to sequentially select the following tabs: Administrative procedures, state duty, fees / Fee for crossing the border of the Republic of Belarus / Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee GFУ / Fee for crossing the border.
When paying the fee electronically (using the software and hardware infrastructure and remote banking systems), at the checkpoint, you must present a card check generated on paper or electronically.
When transferring the fee amount from the account of an organization or individual entrepreneur at the checkpoint, an additional copy of the payment instruction, a copy of the payment instruction drawn up on paper when making electronic payments, with the bank's mark of execution must be presented. In this case, the bank's mark must contain: the date of execution of the payment instruction, the original bank stamp and the signature of the responsible executor.