The amendments are made to the Customs Code of the Russian Federation
The Federal Act of July 24, 2009 N 207-FZ (document is in
Russian) has made the amendments to
the Customs Code of the Russian Federation (document is
in Russian), pursuant to which it is established the procedure
for payment of customs duties in rubles, seizure of taxpayers'
property, enforcement of the amount of advance payments and
cash collateral, the suspension of operations on accounts of
a customs duties payer, as well as other ways to recover customs
duties by customs authorities.
Also,
the Act has defined the procedure for execution of obligations
on payment of customs duties, taxes and penalties by natural
person recognized by the court as missing or disabled.
The Federal Act shall putt into effect since October 1,
2009, except paragraphs 21, 22 of
clause 31 of article 1, which shall putt into effect since
January 1, 2010.
The amendments are made to the Federal Act "On state regulation of activities on the organization and carrying out of gambling and on amending some legislative acts of the Russian Federation"
In accordance
with amendments, betting offices and totalizators can not be
placed in the buildings, structures, constructions that are
in state or municipal property and where located the federal
bodies of state power, bodies of the components of the Russian
Federation, bodies of local self-government, state or municipal
agencies and unitary enterprises (except totalizators where
bets on horse racing are made and which are located on
the racecourse being within the state or municipal ownership,
and included to the list established by the Government of the
Russian Federation).
The Federal Act shall putt into effect after the day
of its official publication.
The amendments are made to the legislation of the Russian Federation in connection with the abolition of the united social tax from January, 1 2010 and putting into effect of social payments to the state off-budget funds
Redistribution
of tax entries is established in
the RF Budgetary Code in direction of increasing of assignment
to local budgets.
In
the Federal Act "On obligatory pension insurance in the
Russian Federation", authorities are entrusted to the
RF Pension Fund on control over correctness of calculation,
fullness and timeliness of transfer of insurance payments to
the RF Pension Fund. Besides in the new wording are given provisions
about fixation of tariffs of insurance payments with breakdown
on insurer's categories and age categories, as well as on payments
periods - 2010 and period of 2011-2014.
Sizes of labor
pensions established before the day of enforcement of this
Federal Act shall be recalculated since January 1, 2010
in accordance with
the Federal Act N 173-FZ "On labor pensions in the Russian
Federation" of December 17, 2001 in the wording of
this Federal Act. At that if the size of labor pension (insurance
part of old-age retirement pension) shall not attain the size
of labor pension (insurance part of old-age retirement pension)
received by a citizen as on December 31, 2009, than labor pension
(insurance part of old-age retirement pension) shall be paid
to a citizen in prior higher size. Form the beginning of January
1, 2010 at recalculation of size of labor pensions, the size
of calculative pension capital shall be increased for 10% and
moreover for 1 percent for every full year of general labor
experience obtained before January 1, 1991. Under availability
of longstanding length of service (more than 30 for men and
25 for women) the fixed rate of base component of old-age retirement
pension shall be increased for 6 percent for every year over
this length of service.
Basic provisions of
the Federal Act shall putt into effect since January 1,
2010.
