Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 2.09.2004

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 444 of August 30, 2004 On Subsidizing Payment of Housing and Public Utilities

Subsidies shall be given to tenants of living premises under contracts of social tenancy and tenancy of state-owned and municipal housing to members of housing, housing and construction cooperatives, to owners of living premises and also to citizens residing at hostels classified as part of the housing fund regardless of form of ownership.
The right to receive subsidies may not be granted to citizens residing at living premises under contract of tenancy concluded with the owners of living premises of the private housing fund or contract of sub-tenancy concluded with tenants of living premises of the housing fund regardless of form of ownership.
It lists documents to be submitted by the said citizens to receive subsidies. Decision to give (withhold) subsidy shall be taken within 10 (ten) days. The subsidies shall be provided for a period of six months, however, the state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation shall be free to fix other time periods.
Payment of subsidies shall be made on a monthly basis into to-be-opened personified social accounts, in so doing, account shall be taken of types and amounts of payments charged upon the recipient of subsidies in each specific month. The subsidy to acquire solid fuels (in case of stove heating) shall be paid once every half a year, however, that period may be altered at the level of the subject of the Russian Federation.
The regulatory legal acts of the state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation laying down the procedure and conditions for giving subsidies in their respective territories must not worsen the situation of citizens as compared with that of citizens who are provided with subsidies under this Decision.

Directive of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1489-U of August 13, 2004 On Amending Instructions of the Bank of Russia No. 110-I of January 16, 2004 On Obligatory Banking Norms

It alters the procedure for assessing a norm of sufficiency of the bank's internal funds (equity) (H1), of norms of the bank's momentous and operating liquidity (H2 and H3).
It prescribes that banks shall, on a monthly basis, as on the first day of each month, submit to the territorial agencies of the Bank of Russia not only data on assessing obligatory norms and amounts thereof in accordance with form of accountability 0409135 but also according to form of accountability 0409118 "Data On Major Loans".
It requires that banks are obligated, at the request of the Bank of Russia and (or) its territorial agencies submit data on assessing obligatory norms and amounts thereof on the mid-month date (dates) according to forms of accountability 0409118 "Data On Major Loans" and also form of accountability 0409101 "Turnover bill of accounts in the book-keeping of credit institution" and form of accountability 0409134 "Assessment of internal funds (equity))".
The new wording provides decoding of individual bank accounts to assess obligatory norms.
The Decision shall take effect from October 1, 2004.
Registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in August 27, 2004. Registration No. 5997.

Order of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. CAE-3-27/483 of August 31, 2004 On Approval of Forms Used To Verify Settlements with the Budget and To Keep Taxpayers Informed of the State of Settlements With the Budget and of Methodological Instructions Regarding Filling Them In

It approves forms of statement of verification of settlements of the taxpayer with the budget (form N23 (complete one)), of statement of verification of settlements of the taxpayer with the budget (form N 23-a (short one)), of certificate of the state of settlements of the taxpayer with the budget regarding regional and local taxes (form N 39-1) and methodological instructions on how to fill them in.

Letter of the Department of Tax and Customs-Tariff Policy of the Ministry of Finance of Russia No. 03-05-04/84 of July 2, 2004 On Payment of Single Social Tax and Insurance Premiums Towards Obligatory Pension Insurance By Separate Subdivisions of Organization

In instances when alone-standing subdivision of organization has no separate balance sheet and clearing account, then payment of a single social tax and insurance premiums towards obligatory pension insurance and also submission of reports thereon shall be effected by organization in a centralized manner at the place of its location.