What will change in the laws in December 2021
Miscellaneous / / December 01, 2021
There are not many innovations due to the traditional pre-New Year lull, but some of them are important.
Families with children may not pay personal income tax when selling an apartment
A Russian who sold an apartment that he owned for less than five (in some cases, less than three) years must pay from income 13% tax. But families with children have now been freed from him altogether.
Relevant lawFederal Law of November 29, 2021 No. 382-FZ "On Amendments to Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation" was adopted in November but will be retroactive. That is, the innovation applies to transactions executed from the beginning of 2021. Families who meet the following criteria may not pay the tax:
- They are raising two or more children.
- In the same year, when they sold the house, or no later than April 30 of the next, they bought a new one. This property must be larger in area or more expensive in cadastral value than the previous property. Moreover, the cadastral value of the latter cannot exceed 50 million rubles.
- Family members do not own more than 50% of other housing in total, which is larger by square meters than purchased.
Large and single parents cannot be forced to work overtime
Now the employer must obtain written consent from certain categories of parents to send them on business trips or work overtime, night shifts, holidays and weekends. This concernsFederal Law of November 19, 2021 No. 372-FZ "On Amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation":
- single parents with a child under 14;
- largeif the youngest is less than 14 years old;
- raising a child under 17, if the second parent works on a rotational basis.
You can register birth and death in any registry office
Previously, this only applied to marriage registration. Other services often had to be received at a specific institution - for example, at the place of registration. From December 30, it is possible to record acts of civil statusFederal Law of July 02, 2021 No. 358-FZ "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" in any registry office.
Labor migrants and some other foreigners will have to be fingerprinted
From December 29, foreigners will be required toFederal Law of July 01, 2021 No. 274-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On the Legal Status of Foreign citizens in the Russian Federation "and the Federal Law" On State Fingerprint Registration in the Russian Federation "" to be fingerprinted, photographed and examined. This will affect those who come to Russia for employment, as well as those who are going to stay in the country for more than 90 days, although they do not plan to work. Only the first will be given 30 days for this, and the second - 90.
An exception is made for citizens of Belarus, children under 6 years old, as well as for officials of international organizations and their families.
It will be possible to refuse additional services of the bank with a loan
A scheme similar to the existing one is introduced. for insurance. From December 30, the borrower will be givenFederal Law of July 02, 2021 No. 329-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On Consumer Credit (Loan) "" 14 days to cancel paid additional services. This can be useful for those who have not read the contract carefully. And especially to those to whom the bank has imposed "dopa".
In addition, banks were prohibited from automatically ticking the boxes in advance as consent to additional services. These marks should appear on documents only after the client's approval.
Providers will provide access to some sites for free
From December 1, organizations providing customers with Internet access mustFederal Law of 02 July 2021 No. 319-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On Communications "" admit users to some sites even with a zero or negative account balance. These are the resources included in scroll domestic socially significant information sources. It has websites of government agencies, some social networks, instant messengers, and so on.
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