December 31, 2019, 10:38 / Economy / Photo

Photo. What laws and rules have come into effect since the new year?

Help for MFO clients, new regions for the self-employed and simplified car registration Vedomosti

Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Expanding the experiment with the self-employed

In January 2020, the experiment to introduce a tax regime for the self-employed will be extended to another 19 regions. Preferential tax rates for this category of taxpayers will appear in St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Voronezh, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk regions, Krasnoyarsk and Perm territories, Nenets, Khanty-Mansiysk, Yamalo -Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Bashkortostan
Vladimir Gerdo / TASS Electronic work books will appear

By the end of 2020, workers will be able to choose whether to keep a paper or electronic work record book. For employees new to work in 2021, there will be an electronic option only. Data on work activity and length of service will be stored electronically in the Pension Fund
Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti Help for debt-ridden citizens

Since the new year, additional rules for protecting clients of microfinance organizations (MFOs) have come into effect. They will be able to contact the financial ombudsman in a pre-trial manner if the amount of the claims does not exceed 500,000 rubles.

In addition, a restriction has been introduced on the accrual of interest on bank loans - interest will stop accruing when loan payments reach one and a half times its size. The restriction also applies to penalties (fines, penalties) and other measures of liability.
Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti New rules for real estate transactions
From the beginning of the year, citizens who bought real estate and relied on the Unified State Register of Real Estate data will be recognized as bona fide buyers, unless they prove otherwise in court. The state will not be able to reclaim housing from such people.
And buyers of real estate who did not know about its encumbrances and lost their housing by court decision will receive compensation from the state in the amount of actual damage or cadastral value.

Another innovation concerns the sale of an apartment. The minimum period of ownership of a single home, after which you can avoid paying personal income tax upon sale, is reduced from five to three years. This rule also applies to the land plot on which the residential premises with outbuildings and structures are located
Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Communication with bailiffs has gone online

Now it will be possible to appeal the actions or inactions of bailiffs online. Any information, including procedural documents received during enforcement proceedings, will be available in electronic form or via SMS
Yaroslav Chingaev / for Vedomosti New rules for car registration
Starting from the new year, you will no longer have to go to the traffic police to register your new car. Motorists will be able to obtain a vehicle registration certificate and its number directly at the car dealership. Registration rules on the secondary market will remain the same
Sergey Bobylev / TASS Responsible treatment of animals
New rules for the responsible treatment of animals come into force. Now it will be possible to walk dogs of dangerous breeds only on a leash and muzzle (the list of such breeds has been approved by the government). A ban on petting zoos and keeping wild animals at home comes into force, and regulation of the activities of animal shelters will appear. In addition, when dealing with stray animals, it will be possible to be guided only by the program “catch - sterilization - vaccination - return to their original habitat”
Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Increase in excise taxes
From the beginning of the year, rates on most excisable goods will increase, in particular on cider, mead, sparkling wines, beer, tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, cars with engine power over 90 hp. pp., motorcycles, gasoline, etc.
Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Awards for doctors for detecting cancer
Starting from the new year, a three-year program will be launched (in 2020–2022), providing special payments to health workers for identifying cancer diseases during medical examinations and preventive medical examinations.
In addition, costs for high-tech care that are not included in the basic compulsory medical insurance program will be financed directly from the federal budget, and not from the Compulsory Insurance Fund.

Photo. What laws and rules have come into effect since the new year?

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