Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 30.09.2009

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 763 of September 28, 2009 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 234 of April 3, 2008

Extends until January 1, 2012 the prohibition to coordinate with the state bodies transactions with individual federal land plots.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 762 of September 28, 2009 on the Endorsement of the List of Commodities That Do Not Permit to Apply in Their Production and/or Sale Reduced Tariff Rates of Insurance Contributions for Their Implementing Payers of Insurance Contributions

The uniform social tax is replaced from 2010 with insurance contributions for particular types of social insurance.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 760 of September 28, 2009 on the Interim Rate of Import Customs Duty for Some Types of Exhaust Equipment

Increases for 9 months from 0% to 10% of the customs cost the rate of the import duty for some types of exhaust equipment (code according to the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activities of Russia 8414 60 000 0).

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 759 of September 28, 2009 on the Amendments to the Customs Tariff of the Russian Federation for Pipes of Corrosion Resistant Steel

Reduces the rates of import customs duties for individual types of pipes of stainless steel from 20% to 15% of the customs cost.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 758 of September 28, 2009 on the Measures to Protect Russian Producers of Stainless Pipes

Introduces for 3 years a special duty for imported pipes of stainless steel with the outer diameter up to 426 mm inclusive.

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 2299-U of September 29, 2009 on the Rate of Refinancing of the Bank of Russia

From September 30, 2009, the rate of refinancing of the Bank of Russia is reduced by 0.5 percentage points more (to 10% annual).

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ShS-22-3/743@ of September 28, 2009 on the Procedure of Registration of Insurance Contributions for Obligatory Pension Insurance and the Paid out Temporary Disability Allowances

Taxpayers using the simplified system of taxation may choose incomes as the object of taxation. Such persons may reduce the amount of tax by the amount of insurance contributions for obligatory pension insurance.