 Blog post for asibiont.com/blog Title: 3 Legislative Changes in April 2026 That Will Hit Your Business If You Don't Automate Compliance April 2026 turned out to be a hot month for lawyers and entrepreneurs. The Central Bank lowered the key rate to 14.5% — seemingly good news, but businesses in Tatarstan have already called it "a respite, not a victory." Real loan rates remain double-digit, and compliance risks are only growing. Here are three changes you can't ignore. First — fines for labeled goods starting September 1, 2026. The State Duma adopted amendments to the Administrative Code: selling expired labeled goods will cost 10,000 rubles for individual entrepreneurs and 20,000 rubles for legal entities per unit. Notices will be sent electronically through the GIS labeling system. If you have a chain, automatic control of expiration dates and inventory becomes not an option but a necessity. One expired item at the checkout — and the fine comes automatically, without human intervention. Second — a new procedure for reflecting OKVED codes in extracts from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL) and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (EGRIP). Rosstat now generates data based on statistical reports from the previous year, and the transition period is extended until 2028. In practice, this means your extract may not contain current codes, while the tax authorities and funds rely on it. If the codes don't match your actual activities — you face VAT refund denials, account blocks, and licensing issues. Manual control is useless here; you need to reconcile OKVED codes with actual operations quarterly. Third — a fine for submitting EFS-1 on paper. The court confirmed: if you don't have an electronic signature from the manager and submit the report on paper, the fund has the right to fine you. The organization cited the director's dismissal and lack of an electronic signature, but the court ruled: order is order. From June to October, the company couldn't submit the report electronically — and received a fine. The solution: automate HR document flow so that a change of director doesn't block report submission. What to do with all this? One-time checks don't work — changes take effect at different times, and it's impossible to keep track of everything manually. ASI Biont Compliance Kit is an open-source tool that monitors changes in EGRUL, reconciles OKVED codes, controls labeling deadlines, and tracks the reporting calendar. Free audit of your compliance system: we'll check your risks in 15 minutes and send a report with specific vulnerability points. You can register at asibiont.com — it's free and takes less time than reading this post.