Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 25.10.2004

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1320 of October 18, 2004 on the Abolishment of the Inspection of Non-State Pension Funds of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation

Abolishes the Inspection of Non-State Pension Funds of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation. Invalidates the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1077 of September 16, 1992 on non-state pension funds.

The Decree is entered into force from the day of its official publication.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. SAE-3-19/2@ of October 18, 2004 on the Endorsement of the Procedure of Delimitation of Authority of the Authorised Body in Charge of Representation of the Interests of the Russian Federation As a Creditor in Cases of Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Proceedings among the Central Office of the Federal Tax Service and the Territorial Bodies of the Federal Tax Service of Russia

For a complete representation of the interests of the state in cases of bankruptcy and bankruptcy proceedings divides the organisations into three groups.

The first group includes the following enterprises and organisations: strategic ones, those with the balance cost of assets greater than Rbl 1 billion, with the debts in obligatory payments and monetary obligations to the Russian Federation of at least Rbl 500 million, unitary enterprises with the property owned by the Russian Federation.

The second group includes: local economy mainstays, those with the balance cost of assets greater than Rbl 100 million, with the debts in obligatory payments and monetary obligations to the Russian Federation of Rbl 50 million to Rbl 500 million, unitary enterprises with the property owned by the subject of the Russian Federation or municipal formation.

The third group includes all other enterprises and organisations.

Control of the higher tax bodies may be imposed for organisations where there are appeals of the bodies of the federal and regional legislative and executive power, bodies of local government, law enforcement bodies, heads of public organisations, major creditors of the organisation, as well as the persons participating in the arbitration process in the case of bankruptcy, as well as other organisations at the decision of the higher tax body.

The mentioned organisations are included in the first group until withdrawal from the control of the Federal Tax Service of Russia. If the organisation is controlled by the Department of the Federal Tax Service of Russia in the subject of the Russian Federation, it is included in the second group.

The higher tax body may implement directly the actions in the sphere of reference of the subordinate tax body while informing of it the subordinate tax body.

Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation No. 33-0-13/651 of October 8, 2004 on the Cash Registers Used in Taxis

Explains that there are not reasons to exempt from the use of cash registers organisations and independent entrepreneurs engaged in passenger transportation on the highway transport (taxi) having switched over to the uniform imputed income tax.