In August, 95 new federal acts come into force. The GARANT.RU portal has summarized innovations that are important both for all Russians and for business representatives.
1. New professional standard
The list of professional standards has replenished with a new one - “Specialist in industrial pharmacy in the field of quality assurance of medicines«.
The main goal of the profession is the organization, conduct of work and the management of work on the pharmaceutical quality system, including the issuance of a permit for the release of medicines into circulation.
2. Self-employment of citizens
From August 6, amendments will be introduced that determine the legal status of self-employed citizens.
Now the Civil Code obliges all persons conducting entrepreneurial activities to register in this capacity (paragraph 3 of paragraph 1 of article 2, paragraph 23 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). However, the new edition of these rules provides that in relation to certain types of entrepreneurial activity, the law may specify the conditions under which citizens have the right to engage in such activities without registration as an individual entrepreneur.
3. The right to reduce the tax base
Starting August 19, conditions are introduced under which the taxpayer is entitled to reduce the tax base or the amount of tax payable.
As a general rule, taxpayers are forbidden to reduce the tax base and the amount of tax payable as a result of distortion of information about facts of economic life (the totality of such facts), objects of taxation to be reflected in tax and (or) accounting or tax reporting of the taxpayer (Article 54.1 of the Tax Code RF).
At the same time, the taxpayer can now reduce the tax base, as well as the amount of tax payable, if:
- the main purpose of the transaction is not non-payment (incomplete payment) or offset (refund) of the tax amount;
- the transaction obligation has been fulfilled by the party to the agreement concluded with the taxpayer, or by the person to whom the obligation to fulfill the transaction was transferred under the agreement or the law.
4. The unified procedure for determining the tax period
Also, from August 19, a unified procedure for determining the beginning and end of the tax period for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs will start working.
So, under the new rule, if a calendar year is recognized as a tax period, then for organizations and individual entrepreneurs registered from January 1 to November 30 of one calendar year, the first tax period will be the period from the date of state registration to December 31 of this calendar year. And for organizations and individual entrepreneurs registered from December 1 to December 31 of one calendar year - the period from the date of state registration to December 31 of the calendar year following the year of state registration.
5. Pre-trial procedure for payments under OSAGO
A pre-trial procedure is being introduced for the settlement of disputes between insurance organizations regarding mutual settlements for direct compensation for losses under compulsory motor third-party liability insurance (August 26)
For this, with a professional association of insurers, an appropriate commission should be formed. It is established that if any of the insurers does not agree with the decision of the commission or the commission does not make a decision within the prescribed period (20 calendar days), the dispute will be considered by the arbitration court.
