Russia's Labor Ministry has proposed taking a family's bank-account turnover into account when assessing eligibility for the unified child benefit. The draft was published on November 3, 2026. The new method is proposed to take effect on April 1, 2027; it is not yet an operative rule.
From January through March 2027, account turnover would be examined for analytical purposes only and would not affect benefit decisions. The ministry says a comparable assessment is already used in Moscow Region and the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous districts.
Under the draft, bank-account turnover covered by the assessment would be compared with the family's annual income, using a threshold of 200% of that income. Transfers between family members, loan proceeds, tax refunds and income from documented property sales would be excluded from the calculation.
A separate proposal would introduce a minimum annual income equal to ten times the statutory minimum monthly wage, or MROT, from January 1, 2027. Exemptions would apply in certain circumstances, including pregnancy, caring for a child under three or a person with a disability, illness, the applicant's own disability and registered unemployment.
The ministry says the authorities would obtain account-turnover information from banks through interagency data exchange. If a bank failed to supply the information on time, the family would be able to submit it directly.