What will change in the laws from May 2021

May holidays will be lengthened due to non-working days

The President announcedDecree of the President of the Russian Federation of 23.04.2021 N 242 the period from May 4 to May 7 is a non-working day with the preservation of wages. At the same time, employers have the rightRecommendations to employees and employers on non-working days in May 2021 act at their own discretion: release employees or not, if this interferes with the functioning of the organization. They are also allowed to work remotely.

With payment due to the status of days - they are not weekends or holidays - everything is also not easy. If the employee does not go to the "machine", he will receive the whole salary, without deductions. If it does, he will also be paid the usual salary.

Getting some tax deductions will be easier

From May 21 will be availableFederal Law of 20.04.2021 N 100-FZ another way to issue deductions. It is provided for several situations:

• if you bought a home;
• pay interest on your mortgage;
• made money for an individual investment account and want a deduction from that amount.

Instead of a declaration in such cases, you will need to submit an application in your personal account on the FTS website. At the same time, the maximum period of a desk audit will be reduced from three months to one. And the money will be returned to the account in 15 days, and not in a month, as before.

The old methods of filing a tax deduction also continue to operate.

Fines for violation of traffic rules at level crossings will grow 5 times

From May 5, a fine of 5 thousand will have toFederal Law of 20.04.2021 N 98-FZ pay for the following violations:

• crossing railway tracks outside the level crossing;
• leaving for a crossing with a closed or closing barrier, as well as with a prohibiting signal from a traffic light or a crossing officer;
• stopping or parking at the crossing;
• driving through an unregulated level crossing if it is approached within sight a train.

Previously, the fine for all violations, except the last one, was one thousand rubles. The last point was added to the Code of Administrative Offenses in a new edition. What counts as the limits of visibility is not explained.

Also, this fine can no longer be paid with a 50% discount in the first 20 days after the order is issued. And instead of material punishment, you can also lose your rights for a period of 3-6 months.

The fine for other violations during the passage of railway crossings, not mentioned in the list above, was also increased to 5 thousand.

PCR test when entering Russia will have to be passed twice

A Russian traveling from abroad must take a PCR test within three days after returning to the country. This requirement remains.

And from May 2, you will need to take another one.Resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation of 04.16.2021 N 13 test. It must be done no earlier than a day after the first, but no later than five days after arrival. The results of both studies will need to be uploaded to "Public services».

Fines for disembarking a free-rider child from public transport

The law itself, which forbade to expel a minor from the bus if he does not have a ticket, the transport card did not work or there is no money on it, came into force back in march. So the legislators decided to protect children from situations when they were dropped out of transport in a deserted place in the cold, and there were such cases.

Levers to punish lawbreakers will appear only in May. For the forced disembarkation of a child, the driver facesFederal Law of 20.04.2021 N 98-FZ a fine of 5 thousand rubles, a conductor or controller - 20-30 thousand.