November 14, 2012. The deputies of Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly adopted a draft bill on introducing a patent taxation system in the region in the first reading.

The project is being developed due to some changes in the Russian Federation Tax Code that mean that on November 1, 2013, a special new taxation regime called the patent taxation system will come into effect.

The patent tax is expected to come to 1,000 RUR a month for renting an office and the transportation services tax is to come to 336 RUR (in Sverdlovsk Region) and to 605 RUR (in Yekaterinburg).