Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 12.09.2008

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1332 of September 9, 2008 on Endorsing the List of Federal State Educational Institutions of Higher Vocational Education Which Independently Establish Educational Standards and Requirements for Their Higher Vocational Training Programmes

The federal state educational standards are hereby introduced instead of the three-component state educational standards (federal and national-regional ones, as well as those of an educational establishment). According to the general rule, federal state educational standards are approved in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation. However, the federal higher educational institutions whose list shall be established by the President of the Russian Federation may implement training programmes on the basis of standards and requirements which are independently developed by them.
In view of this, a list of federal higher educational institutions independently establishing educational standards and requirements for implementation of educational programmes has been drawn up.
The said list includes the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov and the Saint-Petersburg State University.
The decree shall enter into force as of the date when it is officially published.

Letter of the Department of Tax and Customs Tariff Policy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 03-03-06/1/485 of August 29, 2008

The accounting procedure is hereby clarified when taxing an organisation's receipts and expenditures in connection with holding a promotional lottery.
The said expenditures shall be regarded as those on advertising and shall be included into other outlays connected with production and sale. Here, the amount thereof must not exceed 1 per cent of proceeds from sale. Moreover, such expenditures shall be recognized in the accounting (tax) period which they pertain to, namely, as of the time when a record of a lottery winner's endorsement is drawn up.