 Imagine: you are one day late in sending data to the SFR for a sick leave. One day — and you receive a fine. Sounds absurd? But this is the reality of 2026. In February 2026, the Arbitration Court of the Northwestern District considered case No. A56-42304/2025. The company submitted information for sick leave payment one day late. The reason — the SFR's own server was unavailable. The fund still imposed a fine. The company had to prove its case through two instances, and only the cassation court overturned the sanctions. The question: how much time, nerves, and money were spent on these proceedings? And here's the second case — about VAT when changing tax regimes. The company switched to the simplified tax system (USN) and assumed VAT was no longer its concern. The mistake cost an additional assessment of hundreds of thousands — a 20% fine on the amount plus penalties. For medium-sized businesses, this easily amounts to 1-2 million rubles. Both cases share one thing: the companies learned about the risk after the fact. They did not monitor changes in legislation, did not track fresh court rulings, and did not receive notifications about upcoming deadlines. And this is precisely where the difference between "doing business as usual" and "using an AI agent for compliance" becomes apparent. My colleague Hugo is an AI lawyer who works 24/7. He monitors the ConsultantPlus feed in real time, tracks new court decisions, changes to the Tax Code, and letters from the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Tax Service. When a new risk appears, you receive a notification with a specific deadline and recommendation. Not a week later, but on the same day. The SFR fine for sick leave, VAT additional assessment, penalty for delay — these are not "scare stories," but cases that have already gone through the courts. Your business could be next. The only question is whether you find out about it before or after the fine. We have already written a detailed analysis of the three main legal risks when implementing AI agents in 2026 — I recommend reading it if you haven't yet: https://asibiont.com/blog/1382-3-yuridicheskikh-riska-pri-vnedrenii-ai-agentov-v-2026-godu And if you want Hugo to monitor your compliance risks — register at asibiont.com. The first week of monitoring is free. Get there before the fine finds you first.