The Social Insurance Fund Simplifies Procedures for Businesses: Automatic Confirmation of Primary Activity Type Starting September

As of September 1, 2025, a new procedure for confirming the primary economic activity for calculating occupational injury contributions has come into effect. According to Federal Law No. 529-FZ dated December 28, 2024, businesses are no longer required to submit a special document package annually to the Social Insurance Fund of Russia (SIFR). Instead, the primary activity type will now be determined automatically based on data from Rosstat (the Federal State Statistics Service).

This long-awaited change aims to reduce the administrative burden on businesses and shift to a more proactive mode of interaction with the fund. However, it places increased responsibility on companies and individual entrepreneurs to ensure the accuracy and relevance of their activity data in the unified state registries.

Key Changes in the New Procedure

Since September, the process of establishing and confirming the primary activity type has undergone substantial changes:

• Annual confirmation abolished. Employers no longer need to submit an application and confirmation certificate to SIFR annually by April 15. This requirement has been eliminated.
• Automatic determination. Rosstat will now automatically determine the primary economic activity based on the data previously submitted by the company or individual entrepreneur to statistical authorities. This information will be used by SIFR to calculate the occupational injury contribution rate.
• Exception for separate subdivisions. The new procedure does not apply to separate subdivisions registered with SIFR that have dedicated payroll accounts. These subdivisions must confirm their primary activity type separately.
• Rate setting. SIFR will annually set the insurance contribution rate by April 15 based on the current primary activity data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE) or the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (USRIE).

What to Check and Pay Attention To

While the procedure is simplified, the employer remains responsible for the accuracy of the information. To avoid overestimated contribution rates, it is recommended to:

• Verify the relevance of OKVED codes. Ensure that the activity codes registered in the USRLE or USRIE fully and correctly reflect your actual business activities, as these will form the basis for tariff calculation.
• Update data with Rosstat on time. Employers are legally required to submit updated information to the statistical authorities by April 1 if:
• The primary activity has changed;
• The share of any activity changes by more than 20 percentage points;
• More than 5 years have passed since the last submission.
• Monitor notifications from SIFR. After automatic tariff determination, the fund will notify insurers of the established rate. It is essential to carefully review these notifications to ensure they align with the actual primary activity.