Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 18.04.2007

Federal Law No. 51-FZ of April 12, 2007 on the Amendments to Article 7 of the Federal Law on the Combating of Legalisation (Laundering) of Incomes Obtained in a Criminal Way and Financing of Terrorism

The amendments provide for a uniform approach to the normative and legal regulation of activities of organisations carrying out operations with monetary resources or another property, as well as protection of rights and legal interests of their clients.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. SK-6-11/318@ of April 17, 2007 on the Information Necessary for the Calculation of the Tax on Extraction of Mineral Resources for Oil for March 2007

From January 1, 2007, the tax rate for extraction of mineral resources making Rbl 419 per ton of extracted oil - dry, desalted and stabilised - is multiplied by the coefficient characterising the dynamics of the world prices for oil and by the coefficient characterising the degree of development of the particular deposit of subsoil resources.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service and the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation No. GV-8-10/173@/07-1142 of March 12, 2007 on the Amendments to the Letter of the Ministry of Taxation of Russia and the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation No. FS-8-10/1199/04-5198 of September 10, 2001 on the New Blank Forms of Payment Documents for Natural Person Taxpayers to Transfer Taxes (Fees), Penalties and Fines to the Budget System of the Russian Federation: Form PD (Tax) and Form PD-4sb (Tax) (with Amendments Introduced by the Letter of the Federal Tax Service of Russia and the Savings Bank of Russia No. MM-6-10/143/07-125В of February 18, 2005)

From April 1, 2007, introduces new blank forms of payment documents to be used by natural persons in payments with the budgets of all levels of the budget system of the Russian Federation to transfer taxes (fees), penalties and fines through separate structural divisions of the Savings Bank of Russia.
      The mentioned amendments are entered into force from April 1, 2007.