The coming year brought with it many amendments and changes to the laws in force on the territory of the Russian Federation. Innovations will affect families where one child or more was born, migrants, car enthusiasts, pensioners, loan debtors, users of social networks and people who want to make municipal housing a property. Readers are presented with new laws from January 1, 2018 in Russia.
10. Amendments to the laws of the traffic police
Motorists driving a red traffic light from January 1 of this year will be fined in case of a first violation. In the event of a repeated incident, the rights for a period of up to six months are seized from the offender. Also, drivers should be prepared that they will have to pay a tidy sum in case of tinting on the car. Now, traffic police officers can write a fine to the offender without drawing up a protocol if there is a record transmitted to them by third parties. Since January of this year, electronic PTS will appear in some regions. The electronic passport of the vehicle will allow the transfer of more detailed information about its owner.
9. New laws at birth
When the first-born appears in the family this year, an increased birth allowance is put. It will be more than ten thousand rubles. Mother can legally count on receiving it until the moment the baby is one and a half years old. But the birth of a second or third child will enable parents to become participants in the state program, which provides preferential mortgages. This means that part of its repayment will be undertaken by the state. Support from the state will be given to single mothers, for whom many privileged privileges have been introduced since this year. The amount of alimony that fathers who do not raise a child will also increase.
8. The law of January 1 on alcohol
Now beer drinks can only be poured into one and a half liter eggplants. If the volume of bottles exceeds the allowed, then this threatens the company with a very large fine, which can reach half a million rubles. Amendments to the law and fault. Now, manufacturers will be required to label imported wines for the location of the vineyard. Such an innovation should solve the problem of counterfeiting a real alcoholic beverage and increase the demand for a domestic product.
7. Amendments to laws for migrants
No new laws are expected for migrants in 2018. However, some changes will be introduced. First of all, they touched upon the quota for permitting temporary residence in our country, which decreased by 20 thousand. A rise in the price of a working patent is also expected. The cost of a patent largely depends on the place where the migrant wants to work. It will cost the most to work in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The minimum bid is indicated for Yakutia and Chukotka. It is also worth noting that the quota between the regions is divided unevenly. Most of them are in Moscow, and least of all - in Karelia.
6. New laws for senior citizens
People who receive a pension but continue to work may not rely on indexing their pensions this year. It will only be recalculated if a citizen of retirement age quits. Non-working pensioners will receive an increase in their income in the amount of 3.7% of the amount of monthly pension accruals. Thus, on average, pensioners can expect an increase of 300-400 rubles. Working pensioners retain the right to accumulate points, thanks to which they can increase their pension in the future. Also, workaholics of retirement age will be able to receive a one-time allowance in the amount of five thousand rubles this year.
5. Laws on social networks
Using social networks from January of the coming year will be prohibited to persons under the age of fourteen. Now, your identity for this during registration must be confirmed using passport data. If this is not observed, the user faces a fine of up to three hundred thousand rubles. If you indicate any false information about yourself, the penalty may be up to three thousand rubles. If you have one or more pages with fictitious data from the owner of the site, the fine will amount to several hundred thousand rubles. Joining forbidden communities for adolescents under 18 years of age threatens their parents with a recovery of 20 thousand rubles by law enforcement agencies.
4. Law on tax benefits
Tax Benefit Act will also undergo changes and some amendments. Obtaining preferential privileges on property, transport and land tax has become easier. From the first of January of this year there is no need to transfer tax papers that confirm the rights of benefits. Now you can fill out an application for this privilege by simply indicating in it the details of the title document. If necessary, the authorities themselves make a request for the necessary information to the relevant organizations.
3. New privatization law
Free privatization in 2018 can be counted only on imperfect persons left without parental care, as well as residents of the Crimea. The privilege will remain with those who applied before 2005. Also now there is an opportunity to transfer the status of own housing back to municipal. Such an amendment is provided for those who want to return again the benefits that are laid down in the use of social housing. No more than two months are allotted for such an application. The privatization program has been extended until March of this year.
2. Law on the protection of the rights of debtors
The state decided to defend unscrupulous payers of loans. Now the actions of the collector, which is engaged in collecting loans, will be regulated. The collector does not have the right to physically harm the debtor, as well as to exert psychological pressure on him. The transfer of information about debtors to third parties is now strictly prohibited. Collectors are not supposed to make calls to the debtor’s number more than once a day, and meetings can be organized only once a week. Law enforcement agencies will monitor the activities of collectors.
1. The laws of the minimum wage
From January 1 of the coming year, an increase in the minimum wage is expected. Also, from the new year, an increase in scholarships is expected. Re-indexation of salaries for teachers and doctors will be carried out. Firefighters and police can also count on increasing salaries. All civil servants will receive a mandatory salary increase in 2018.