Amendments have been made to the Law on the National Payment System, providing that the ban on cash replenishment with anonymous e-wallets shall not cover transport and school cards. This means the possibility of replenishing the mentioned cards with cash.

 On December 18, 2020, the Bank of Russia decided to keep the key rate at 4.25% per annum.

 The federal law has been signed, which provides for the postponement of the entry into force of the requirement to pre-install Russian software for certain types of technically complex goods until April 1, 2021.

 Vaccination against COVID-19 included in the calendar of preventive vaccinations for epidemic indications. The categories of citizens subject to mandatory vaccination against coronavirus and the sequence of the implementation have been established. Priority for doctors, teachers, social workers, employees of multifunctional public services centres, people with chronic diseases, including those suffering from diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular problems.

 Until December 31, 2020 inclusive, all working citizens must submit a written application to the employer in any form about keeping an employment record book in electronic form or keeping on a paper medium. The transition to an electronic employment record book is voluntary.

 The amendments to Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 3210-U of March 11, 2014 on the Procedure for the Conducting of Cash Operations entered into force on November 30.

 When concluding third party liability insurance agreements in the form of an electronic document, websites of certain insurers do not allow entering data on a foreign driver's license into the application, since the corresponding field is limited to 10 characters required for Russian licenses. This is evidenced by citizens' appeals to the Bank of Russia.

 The new Regulations on the procedure for considering pleas of mercy in the Russian Federation came into force.

 The amendments have been introduced into federal constitutional laws on the Judicial System of the Russian Federation, on the Arbitration Courts in the Russian Federation, on Courts of Law in the Russian Federation, on Military Courts of the Russian Federation, as well as into laws on the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation, on the Bodies of the Judicial Corps in the Russian Federation and into the Code of Administrative Court Proceedings of the Russian Federation.

 The President of the Russian Federation signed the federal law on amending the Labour Code of the Russian Federation.

 The super service "Europrotokol online" which allows register a traffic accident without calling the traffic police officers, started working on the whole territory of Russia. The service works through the mobile application "OSAGO Assistant", integrated with the Unified Portal of Public Services.

 The "dacha amnesty" has been extended until March 1, 2026. Herewith, now it concerns residential and garden houses located on land plots intended not only for gardening by citizens, but also for individual housing construction or personal household plots within the boundaries of the settlement.

 Due to the postponement of the matches of the UEFA European Football Championship, the Ministry of Digital Affairs has adjusted the procedure for using personalised viewers’ cards.

An electronic service "Calculator of the Effectiveness of the Implementation of Electronic Document Management" has posted on the website of the Federal Tax Service. With its help, one can calculate benchmarks for costs, payback period and the economic effect of the introduction of electronic document management.
 

On January 1, 2021, new requirements for the contents of a car first-aid kit will come into force. At the same time, motorists do not need to buy new first-aid kits, they will be able to complete the existing ones in accordance with the new requirements.
 

Since 2019, the state duty for registration of legal entities and individual businessmen has been cancelled (for filing documents in electronic form). It concerns the following legally significant actions:
- state registration of a legal entity (with a number of exceptions);
- state registration of changes to the constituent documents of a legal entity;
- state registration of liquidation of a legal entity;
- state registration of individuals as individual businessmen, or termination of activities by individuals as individual businessmen.
 

It is reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, the Government of Moscow, other interested government bodies and the business community, are working out approaches to conducting an experiment to issue a passport with an electronic data medium in Moscow with its subsequent distribution throughout the country.
 

From April 1, 2020, tax authorities are granted the right to inform, no more than once a quarter, taxpayers and tax agents of arrears and (or) penalties and fines, via SMS service and (or) e-mail. For this, the taxpayer should send a written consent.
The consent may be submitted on paper, or by the registered mail, or through the personal taxpayer's account.
 

Amendments were made to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation that change the procedure for calculating the tax base and the basic rate of personal income tax. It is envisaged to increase the personal income tax rate from January 1, 2021 to 15% in respect of personal income exceeding five million roubles for the tax period (calendar year).
 

Due to the pandemic, the final essay (narration) by students that pass the GIA-11 examination is postponed until April 5, 2021. Repeatedly (for the proved reasons), students will be able to pass examination on April 21 and May 5, 2021.
 

The Prime Minister has signed a decision according to which the amount of payments to employees for innovative developments and solutions useful for business will increase. Starting from the next year, if an employer used an employee’ invention for the previous twelve calendar months, the remuneration shall be paid to the employee being author (inventor) be equal to threefold average wage, and for the use of an official utility model, or an official industrial design - twofold average wage. Currently, similar payments are equal to one average wage.
 

The possibility of issuing foreign travel passports with electronic media by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at Multifunctional Public Services Centres has been extended until December 1, 2021.