 April 2026 will go down in the history of Russian law as the month when the regulator delivered four blows to businesses that fail to keep up with changes. If you are still reading laws manually or hoping that your accountant will "somehow figure it out on their own" — this material is for you. Because fines will not come "someday," but already this quarter. **First law: new OKVED codes in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL) and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (EGRIP).** Starting in April 2026, the tax authority began gradually reflecting reporting-type OKVED codes in extracts — that is, the types of activities that Rosstat recorded based on your reporting for the past year. Sounds like a technical trifle? Now imagine: you are registered as an IT company, but the statistics show a wholesale trade code. The tax authority sees a discrepancy. Questions, inspections, additional assessments. The transition period until 2028 does not eliminate the risk — it only removes the obligation, but the right to inspect remains. **Second blow: a fine for a paper EFS-1.** The court confirmed: if the manager does not have an electronic signature, that is not an excuse. The fund fined a company for submitting a report on paper because the director resigned and the new one had not yet received an electronic signature. The court sided with the fund: the absence of a signature from the manager is the company's problem, not force majeure. Now this is a precedent. If you have at least one person in a critical position without an electronic signature, you are at risk. **Third law: labeled goods and new fines starting in autumn 2026.** The State Duma adopted amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses that introduce liability for violations of bans on selling goods subject to mandatory labeling. The law will take effect on September 1, but preparation is needed now: assortment, cash registers, the "Honest Sign" system — if your product range overlaps with the list of labeled items and you are unaware of it, by September you will already be in the risk zone. **Fourth — and most insidious — law on installment payment services.** The Central Bank published by-laws that will come into force on May 1, 2026. They establish the procedure for including installment operators in the register, document requirements, and operating rules. If your business uses installment payments as a sales tool — in 5 days you could be outside the law if you have not submitted the documents. And if you purchase goods in installments, your operator may simply disappear from the register, leaving the contract in limbo. What unites these four laws? Speed. They are introduced gradually, with transition periods, by-laws, and deferrals. Businesses that track changes manually will miss the date and receive a fine. Businesses that use AI agents receive a notification 30 days before the norm takes effect, automatic compliance checks, and a ready action plan. ASI Biont AI agents monitor all changes in legislation in real time — analyzing texts of federal laws, regulations, letters from the Ministry of Finance, and judicial practice. When a new document is released, the agent determines whether it affects your business based on OKVED, tax system, and industry, and generates a report with specific steps. Not "be careful" — but "you need to submit an application by May 15, here is the form, here are the instructions." Four laws in April are just the beginning. May will bring even more. Ready to delegate compliance to an AI agent? 1500 tokens to start for new users — try it before the laws catch up with your business.