Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 15.10.2002

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 749 of October 4, 2002 On the Contests Among Duly Accredited Educational Institutions of Higher Professional Learning To Fulfill the Government Task of Training Specialists With Higher Professional Education

It defines uniform requirements to the conditions of competitive placement of the government task of training specialists with higher professional education. In conducting the contest, due account shall be taken of regional and sectoral demand for specialists with higher professional education and also the availability at a higher educational establishment of a targeted contract-based program of training specialists.

Letter of the Pension Fund of Russia No. KA-16-19/6031 of July 5, 2002 On the Exemption From the Single Social Tax and Insurance Premiums Towards Obligatory Pension Insurance

Under Item 3 of Article 245 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the federal courts and bodies of the prosecutor's office shall not include in the tax base for computing the tax payable to the federal budget amounts of monetary upkeep of judges, prosecutors and investigators holding special titles. The provision of that Article shall not apply to constitutional (charter) courts and justices of the peace of the subjects of the Russian Federation. However, under the law On Justices of the Peace in the Russian Federation the said justices of the peace shall be subject to the guarantees of material support and social protection envisaged under the Law of the Russian Federation On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation.
Similar is the situation with the scientific and teaching staff of the bodies of the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.
Thus, the exemption of the said categories from payment of the single social tax and insurance premiums towards obligatory pension insurance may be solved only by making amendments to Article 245 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.