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Three-day time limit may be approved for termination of enforcement proceedings in Russia

Several deputies of the State Duma came up with the initiative to reduce the deadlines for completing enforcement proceedings. On January 13, 2022, draft law No. 55151-8 was officially registered and sent for further discussion. If the legal document is adopted, the lives of many former debtors whose ...

Russia to ban surrogate motherhood for foreigners

... parliamentarians do not exclude the possibility of selling Russian children for organs necessary for other kids. Deputies from a ‘Just Russia’ party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and also the Liberal Democratic Party generally support the initiative, noting that order in this area needs to be restored, but carefully. Parliamentarians cite a situation where a Russian woman can be married to a foreigner, while the couple has medical indications for surrogate motherhood as an example.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade proposed to give priority to hiring Russians at construction sites

The Ministry of Economic Development has launched a number of initiatives to support infrastructure contractors. Among the proposals, the idea of prioritizing the recruitment of Russians in the industry was voiced. The initiative is to give priority to contractors, who attract mainly Russian workers, RBC reports ...

Parliamentarian Yevgeny Fedorov spoke in favor of the abolition of tax on the sale of inherited housing

State Duma spokesman Yevgeny Fedorov proposed to exempt Russian citizens from taxes on income from the sale of inherited property. The corresponding initiative was received by the head of the Ministry of Labor Anton Kotyakov. According to current laws, heirs have the right to sell the received property only after 3 years of ownership. Fedorov noted that this rule created additional obstacles for ...

Food ration cards may return to everyday life of Russians

... no such negative attitude towards them in other countries. It is worth noting that there have already been talks about helping the needy people by means of food ration cards. Several years earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Trade came up with an initiative to create a whole food system for those who have low income. The initiative involved the distribution of special bank cards to which the funds for the purchase of specific products would be transferred. Last year, large suppliers and manufacturers ...

Housing in new buildings may become cheaper in Russia

The Public Council under the Ministry of Construction came up with an initiative to create a special automated service for developers in the country. As conceived by the authors of the project, the innovation will reduce the cost of housing by 10-15%, which, as a result, will affect its final market price. The Public ...

Personal income tax proposed to be raised up to 50% for rich Russians

Personal income tax in the amount of a quarter of income may be introduced for Russians who have annual income of more than 10 million rubles. For those who show super-profits, taxation can reach 40-50%. Parliamentarian Mikhail Shchapov made such a proposal the day before. At the same time, the deputy proposed a reduction in taxation for citizens whose income is equal to the size of the minimum wage. In this case, personal income tax may be reduced to 5% or removed, reports URA . According to...

The term of unsecured loans may be shortened in Russia

A bill to limit the period for issuing an unsecured loan has been submitted to the lower house of parliament. It is proposed to reduce the term of such loans to five calendar years. Additionally, the document contains a legal development on changing the procedure for calculating the full cost of a loan product, as well as an obligation for banks not to impose additional services on borrowers. It was proposed to make an exception for consumer loans, which are provided for the provision of state or...

Clients of bankrupt travel agencies will have a chance to get 40 thousand rubles

... for bankruptcy. The amount of monetary compensation has not been finally determined. Its cost can be about 40 thousand rubles per person, if the cost of one tour on a beach holiday is taken as the basis for the calculation. RBC media reports on the initiative of the Federal Tourism Agency, referring to the head of the agency, Zarina Doguzova. According to her, the current system of financial guarantees in the tourism sector does not provide for mechanisms to protect consumers from sudden bankruptcy ...

Transport tax may be collected unilaterally out of court

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is working on a draft law providing for an out-of-court procedure for collecting transport tax from citizens. The measure is being developed in connection with the predominantly indisputable nature of the debt, as well as due to the need to reduce the workload of justices of the peace. A statement on the draft law being prepared was made by the Chairman of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation Viktor Momotov within the framework of a meeting...

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