Due to the wide demand for the services of issuing advance rulings, customs authorities of the Russian Federation provide them in the electronic format.
You can obtain the service through the Common Government Services Portal of the Russian Federation. This approach has several advantages:
- informing on the progress in considering a request for an advance ruling is made by displaying current information on the current status of the provision of a public service in the applicant’s Personal Area;
- automatic registration of an advance ruling after adding it into the all-Russian electronic database of advance rulings opens an opportunity of viewing it by any customs authorities throughout the Russian Federation;
- submission of documents in the electronic format is possible at any time of the day from anywhere in Russia, which eliminates the need for postal services;
- opportunity of getting a quick response to the request by a customs authority concerning additional information about the goods that is necessary for its classification;
- prompt receipt of the advanced ruling by the applicant after its issuance by a customs authority and use of the ruling in the received format when declaring.
An application for a government service of issuing an advance ruling shall be made electronically through the Common Government Services Portal (www.gosuslugi.ru).