Do organizations and individual entrepreneurs need printing on documents in 2022?

Legislative abolition of seals

The mandatory use of seals when preparing documents at the legislative level was abolished on April 7, 2015 by Law of April 6, 2015 No. 82-FZ. Amendments were made to the Federal Law of December 26, 1995 No. 208-FZ “On Joint Stock Companies” and the Federal Law of February 8, 1998 No. 14-FZ “On Limited Liability Companies”.

In accordance with the amendments, LLCs and JSCs were released from the obligation to use seals to document actions and transactions. At the same time, they retain the right to have seals, stamps and forms with their name, their emblem, as well as a trademark registered in the prescribed manner and other means of identification.

Thus, the use of seals has turned from an obligation of organizations into a voluntary decision. At the same time, the same law on the abolition of seals still provided for a number of cases in which organizations were obliged to use them:

if the mandatory use of the seal is provided for by the organization’s charter;
if the obligation to use the seal is provided for by separate laws.

Taking these rules into account, a number of organizations have made the necessary changes to their charters, stipulating in them the mandatory use of seals. Others continued to work as before. All these circumstances have led to the fact that seals are still used by some organizations and individual entrepreneurs now, in the era of the widespread introduction of EDI and the general transition to electronic digital signatures.

Step-by-step instructions for making a seal at home

Before you start creating a sealing wax seal, you should prepare for this process and select all the necessary materials. Depending on your printing needs, you may need:

glue;
clay, plastic or ready-made modeling kit;
embossed buttons and epoxy resin.

One of the easiest ways is to create the desired tool using buttons with a relief surface, chess, nail polish remover and resin. Buttons can be pre-polished - this will create a better impression.

Step one . The checkerboard surface is cleaned of dirt and dust using nail polish remover.

Step two . Buttons are washed and wiped dry.

Step three . A ball is formed from the resin (which, when leveled, should cover the bottom of the chess piece).

Step four . The button is carefully pressed into the epoxy resin. After this, you should wait until the mass hardens.

Step five . The sealing wax is melted and an impression is carefully made.

Recommendations . To prevent the sealing wax from sticking to the button, the seal must be slightly cooled before use. If there is some material left in the recesses of the button relief, it can always be cleaned off with a knife or dissolved with nail polish remover. The seal itself should always be kept clean.

Preparing for work: what do you need to have on hand?

To start making wax seals, you don’t need any complicated equipment. You can find everything you need to get started at home or buy it literally “for pennies” in the nearest store.

You will need:

Sealing wax.
We recommend buying lump sealing wax - it is cheaper than candle sealing wax. Although if you need to decorate several invitations, for example, for a wedding or corporate anniversary, you can use sealing wax in candles: it is somewhat easier to work with.
Cliches for sealing wax.
You can order cliches from a company that specializes in the production of seals and stamps. And prepare the layout in any vector program (for example, Corel, Illustrator).
Metal cup
for melting sealing wax. We use cheap military grade camping bowls.
Tea spoon.
A hair dryer
will help remove the remaining sealing wax from a spoon or speed up the process of melting the substance.
Electric stove.
If you plan to make several prints, then you can get by with a home stove or even a hair dryer. If there is a lot of work to be done or it will be carried out regularly, then it is better to purchase an inexpensive stove with one burner. Otherwise, you can seriously damage your home oven with sealing wax leaks.

Absolutely useless:

Wax gun
. At its core, it is an ordinary heat gun. It is not just inconvenient to use, but almost impossible.
Wax seals
. They are not cheap, but they do not provide any benefit. We declare with full responsibility: the use of sealing wax will not speed up the process and does not improve the quality of the finished seals. Therefore, we advise you not to throw money away, but to spend it on something truly useful.

Creating a seal

So, how to make a wax seal at home? Saw off a piece from the stick, approximately 5–6 cm long. Use your hand as a guide and measure out a piece that will be convenient to use. Sand it well on all sides. Be careful about the one on which the stamp itself will be placed.

Make a print with a simple image for a stamp that fits the diameter. Cut it out in a circle, then use a thin knife to cut through the design, making a stencil from the printout.

Mirror the design to the surface of the future print so that the print gets the correct impression - from right to left. Use a pencil to paint over the cut out holes, do it carefully. To prevent the stencil from moving, it can be secured with a small piece of tape.

Next, start burning. Heat up the wood burning device, try to burn the image at the same depth so that the print is even and clear.

Treat the finished seal with drying oil or other special moisture-resistant impregnation for wood. Wipe the area thoroughly with a cloth and leave it to dry for a day, otherwise it will stain your hands. Here's how to make a wax seal at home. Within a day you can safely use it.

Test Drive

Now you can try the finished print in action. Take wax, sealing wax or other material suitable for printing (we will talk about alternative materials for printing below), spread it with a candle or lighter, and drip it in the place where you want to place the seal. Give the material a couple of seconds to set. Dip the stamp in regular oil, blot off the excess with a napkin. Press it evenly and firmly onto the material and leave until completely hardened.

When it hardens, carefully remove the seal. If you are afraid of damaging it, then swing the signet a little so that it lags behind a little inside. Once lifted, you will receive a neat, beautiful handmade print. The wax seal, made at home, is ready.

Imitation

It is worth saying that wax seal is already a common noun combination of words, because now this is the name given to any seals made not only from wax, but also from other, alternative materials that cope well with the task assigned to them. Craftsmen who are passionate about scrapbooking shared their finds and ideas with us. How to make a seal indistinguishable from wax from scrap materials? If you are interested, then let’s quickly see how to make a wax seal at home from simple materials that handicraft lovers probably have lying around.

Problems when working with sealing wax and solutions

Sealing wax boiling.

When working with sealing wax at home, certain problems may arise. One of them is boiling wax, leading to printing defects. If the substance boils during melting, then you need to reduce the temperature of the stove and vigorously stir the sealing wax. Stirring will remove air bubbles from the sealing wax, which reduce the quality of the prints.

The print falls off after drying.

Another problem is the weak adhesion of the wax mass and the material on which it is applied. This leads to the fact that after hardening the seal simply falls off. In our practice, this happened with craft bags to which the sealing wax did not want to stick. We conducted many experiments and found a solution. If you add a small amount of hot-melt glue (hot-melt gun rods) to the molten sealing wax, the seal will reliably adhere to the craft paper.

Sealing wax sticks to the cliché.

In this case, we use a hair dryer. Using it, we heat the cliche and carefully remove the softened wax mass with a rag. Some people recommend using a solvent to clean the cliché. We have not tried this method. But you can try both methods and decide which one is more effective.

Disadvantages of homemade printing

As we have already found out, creating a simple seal is a task that is feasible for almost everyone. However, homemade fillings have a number of disadvantages. For example, the product may not work out the first time or may not fully meet the requirements. In addition, the imprint of a homemade seal does not always look clear and even.

But over time, you can improve the technology for making ice cream, stock up on the necessary materials and correct all the errors.

Do I need to stamp documents?

According to current regulations, organizations are actually obliged to use prints in cases where their use is provided for by the relevant special law (clause 5, article 2 of the Federal Law of 02.08.1998 No. 14-FZ and clause 7.2 of the Federal Law of 26.12.1995 No. 208- Federal Law). This standard has been in effect since 2015.

At the same time, from this moment on, in all legislative acts that previously provided for the mandatory use of seals, a clause is introduced according to which seals are used only if they are available.

For example, now Art. 18 of the Federal Law of July 13, 2015 No. 218-FZ “On State Registration of Real Estate” states: “copies of constituent documents must be certified by the seal of a legal entity (if any).”

A similar clause has been included in other federal laws that in one way or another refer to the press of organizations. That is, the organization itself decides whether to use the seal or not. If an organization does not have a seal, and its use is not expressly stated in the charter, documents are not stamped.

The same goes for your tax return. All tax returns submitted in electronic format are issued with an electronic digital signature. They are not stamped.

Even the same organizations and individual entrepreneurs that report using printed forms cannot use stamps in their tax returns, since the Tax Code of the Russian Federation does not establish appropriate requirements. In any case, the Federal Tax Service will accept reports if they are presented in the prescribed form and contain all the necessary signatures.

FORMS IN ELECTRONIC FORM AND ON PAPER

6.2 Organizations use document forms made on paper (forms for documents of federal government bodies with a reproduction of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation are produced by printing enterprises that have certificates of technical and technological capabilities for high-quality production of the specified type of product) and/or electronic templates of forms. Paper forms and electronic form templates must be identical in the composition of the details, the order of their arrangement, and font typefaces.

Forms of documents on paper and electronic templates of forms are produced on the basis of layouts of forms approved by the head of the organization.

Document forms should be prepared on white paper or light-colored paper.

Electronic templates of document forms must be protected from unauthorized changes.

In the context of the standard, paper document forms and electronic form templates are equivalent.

An organization, as a rule, uses both paper forms and electronic form templates (for example, for internal documents).

Important!

Forms of one type of document (for example, a letter) in paper and electronic form must be identical in terms of details and design. In other words, the form of a document of the same type on paper and its electronic template should not differ.

Another important requirement is that electronic form templates must be immutable, that is, protected from unauthorized changes.[3]

The standard emphasizes that the image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation can only be reproduced on paper. The requirements for the production of such forms are established by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 1995 No. 1268 “On streamlining the production, use, storage and destruction of seals and forms with the reproduction of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 1268).

Is it necessary to put a stamp on the primary documentation?

The list of mandatory details of primary documents is given in Art. 9 of the Federal Law of June 12, 2011 No. 402-FZ “On Accounting”. The primary document must indicate its name, date of preparation, name of the compiler, content of the fact of economic life, etc.

In addition, primary documents must contain the signatures of responsible persons indicating their last names and initials or other details necessary to identify such persons. The organization's seal is not included in the list of mandatory details of the main document.

Consequently, its absence does not affect the legal validity of the document and does not prevent confirmation of the fact of a commercial transaction.

Mandatory stamp on the service provision certificate

To answer the question, the following documents and regulations were used:

Tax Code of the Russian Federation.
Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Ural District dated March 2, 2011 No. F09-765/11-S3 in case No. A76-10969/2010-37-370.
Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Moscow District dated July 15, 2011 No. KA-A40/7114-11 in case No. A40-122922-10-76-711.
Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the North-Western District dated 08/03/2009 in case No. A56-51039/2008.
Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Volga District dated 04/06/2009 in case No. A65-19581/2008.
Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation dated January 20, 2009 No. 2236/07 in case No. A40-11992/06-143-75.
Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated November 12, 2007 No. 03-03-06/1/800.
Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated July 31, 2012 No. 03-03-06/2/85.

Based on the information provided by you, we consider it necessary to report the following.

Service agreements concluded to meet the needs of the parties in the field of information, advertising, medicine, consulting, law, audit, etc. are widespread nowadays. In this regard, it is important to know what documents are used to document service contracts so that the parties do not have problems, both with the tax authorities and among themselves, when executing the contract. After all, a service does not have a material expression, and therefore the fact and scope of service provision can be confirmed only with documents, primarily an act on services rendered.

As practice shows, tax inspectors, when carrying out tax audits, pay close attention to the execution of acts on the provision of services. There is no unified form of such an act, and the organization must develop it independently. An act on the provision of services, drawn up with violations and not meeting the requirements of the law, may lead to the fact that, based on the results of tax audits, the expenses will be recognized as unlawful, and the deduction of “input” VAT will be denied. This situation, unfortunately, has a high probability.

Despite the fact that a standard form of such an act, its unified form, does not exist, tax authorities are very demanding about its form and content. Thus, although the taxpayer’s expenses and their content can be confirmed by any documents, including contracts, acts, invoices and payment documents, from the position of the tax authorities, expenses can only be reliably confirmed by documents drawn up in accordance with the requirements established by current legislation. This position has been confirmed in judicial practice, in particular in the Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Ural District dated 03/02/2011 No. F09-765/11-S3 in case No. A76-10969/2010-37-370.

What are these requirements and what must the certificate of services provided necessarily contain? To understand this issue, let us dwell on the main provisions for which the tax authorities put forward requirements.

First of all, tax authorities, in order to establish a connection between the expenses incurred and the commercial activities of the organization, require in the acts a detailed description of the services provided with their decoding. In the absence of detail in the acts, they can exclude expenses from the composition of expenses that reduce the taxable base for profit, as not confirmed. At the same time, both the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the arbitration courts stand in this matter to protect the interests of the taxpayer, based on the fact that neither tax nor other authorities have the right to establish mandatory forms of tax accounting documents for taxpayers (Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated November 12, 2007 No. 03-03-06/1/800, Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Moscow District dated July 15, 2011 No. KA-A40/7114-11 in case No. A40-122922-10-76-711). Due to the existing discrepancies in this matter, we recommend that the author of the letter describe in detail in the act the content and scope of the services provided.

As for the issue of precisely drawing up an act of services rendered, then, because the act is a primary document, then the general requirements for the preparation of primary documents apply to it. The act must indicate the date the document was drawn up, the name of the organization on whose behalf the document was drawn up, the content of the services provided, the cost of the services, the names of the positions of the persons responsible for the business transaction and the personal signatures of these persons. Moreover, special attention must be paid to the signatures on the act of provision of services - the act must contain their transcripts, as well as the names of the positions of the persons who signed this act. The need for the above elements to be present in acts was also indicated in its Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation dated January 20, 2009 No. 2236/07 in case No. A40-11992/06-143-75.

But the organization’s seal is not mentioned in the list of mandatory details of the primary document. This position is confirmed, for example, in the Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated July 31, 2012 No. 03-03-06/2/85. However, we believe that putting a stamp on the certificate of services rendered would be useful. In addition, this may turn out to be an additional argument if the customer refuses to pay, citing the fact that the document contains the signature of an unauthorized person.

Judicial practice in this matter also justifies the absence of the need to affix a seal on acts of services rendered. For example, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Ural District, in its Resolution No. Ф09-9195/07-С2 dated January 29, 2008, noted that the absence of a seal of the counterparty organization on the acceptance certificate for services provided to the taxpayer does not deprive the latter of the right to take into account the costs of their payment when calculating tax for profit, since the presence of the affixed seal of the person from whom such a document comes is not provided as a mandatory requirement for the execution of the act. It is worth noting that many judicial acts indicate a judicial practice that allows for the absence of the act of services rendered as such, because civil legislation does not establish the obligation of the parties to formalize the relationship for accepting the result of services by a bilateral act (Resolution of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the North-Western District dated 08/03/2009 in case No. A56-51039/2008, Resolution of the FAS Volga District dated 04/06/2009 in case No. A65-19581/2008 ).

And yet, if the organization considers it necessary to affix a seal on the certificates of services rendered, we recommend that in the service agreement itself it is mandatory to indicate that the services provided are drawn up in an acceptance certificate, signed and certified by the seals of both parties. This will help in the future to avoid possible disputes regarding the execution of the act and refusal of one of the parties to affix a seal on it. The existing law enforcement and judicial practice on this issue still does not provide a clear unambiguous interpretation of the “for” or “against” of the seal, while the tax authorities will most likely not miss the opportunity to refuse to attribute expenses to expenses for acts of services rendered that do not have side print.

Summary.

Service agreements are one of the most common types of agreements in the business sector. Based on their accounting, the tax authorities have developed a very definite position, which is that an act on the provision of services, drawn up with violations, does not meet the requirements of the law and does not have the necessary details, will not be accepted by the tax authorities, and the expenses will be recognized as unlawful, and in acceptance to VAT deduction will be denied.

At the same time, today (and this position is actively supported by the courts) civil legislation does not establish the obligation of the parties to formalize the relationship for accepting the result of services in a bilateral act, and there are no unified requirements for drawing up such an act. Since the act of services is a primary document, general content requirements apply to it: the date the document was drawn up, the name of the organization on whose behalf the document was drawn up, the content of the services provided, the cost of services, the names of the positions of the persons responsible for the business transaction and the personal signatures of those persons As you can see, there is no requirement to have a seal on certificates of services rendered. This position is supported by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Federal Tax Service and, in many respects, the courts. However, as the norms of civil law state, the parties, when concluding contracts and, accordingly, accompanying documents, are free to express their will and can include in their text any provisions that do not contradict the law. This includes the requirement to affix seals of the parties to certificates of services rendered. In this regard, we recommend that the author of the question, in order to avoid claims from the tax authorities and dishonest behavior of the counterparty - the contractor, affix stamps on the certificates of services rendered.

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Should I put a stamp on the contract?

There is no need to seal civil contracts with a stamp. The fact is that, according to Art. 160 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a transaction in writing must be completed by drawing up a document expressing its content and signed by the person or persons entering into the transaction.

The written form is considered to be complied with, even if a person makes a transaction using electronic technical means. The signature requirement is considered fulfilled if any method is used that allows the person who expressed the will to be reliably identified. Including electronic signature.

Sealing a transaction is only an additional requirement for its form, the binding nature of which can only be established by agreement of the parties (paragraph 3, paragraph 1, article 160 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

If the parties to the contract have not agreed on the use of a seal before its conclusion, it is not necessary to use it. Consequently, the absence of a seal in the agreement does not detract from its legal force and is not a basis for recognizing the transaction as not concluded (see, for example, the decision of the Moscow District Arbitration Court dated March 18, 2015, paragraph A40-26749/13).

The fact that a seal is not a mandatory requirement of the contract and cannot be affixed to a settlement agreement at all was recognized by the Supreme Court even before the legislative abolition of the obligation to use seals.

Printing from modeling material

Another material that can be used to create a cool stamp is modeling paste. All you need is to roll out a small, even pancake from the mass, attach a stamp or coin, pressing it down well. And then bake in the oven according to the instructions on the package with the mixture. The print is strong and durable. It is perfect for decorating various products.

How to stop using the seal

If an organization or individual entrepreneur still uses stamps when preparing documentation, then it’s time to abandon them. As we have already said, neither the law nor judicial practice obliges its use.

If the use of a seal is not specified in the organization’s charter, you can refuse it by simply notifying your counterparties. If we are talking about individual entrepreneurs, then in general, they have always used and continue to use seals solely at their whim. Federal Law no. No. 129-FZ dated 08.08.01 “On state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs” has never obligated entrepreneurs to use seals. Therefore, even individual entrepreneurs can refuse them only by warning their counterparties in any form convenient for them.

The situation is somewhat different in cases where the obligation to use a seal is enshrined in the organization’s charter. But even here, refusing a seal is not difficult: it is enough to make appropriate changes to the paper, removing references to seals from it.

Thus, the use of the seal today is not a legal obligation. The sole purpose of a seal is to certify the authenticity of a perfect signature on a document, and today it copes with this task much worse than the electronic digital signature itself.

Hot glue stamp

If you are into scrapbooking, then you definitely have a glue gun and a couple of sticks. An excellent material for simulating a wax seal with your own hands at home. Let's try.

Take a ready-made seal; you can also use various stamps, coins and buttons. Turn on the glue gun and heat it up, drip glue of the size you need onto the place where you want to print. Don't skimp, the print should be thick. Allow 20-30 seconds for the product to set.

Attach a stamp, coin or seal and let dry. After removing the coin, the seal can be painted with acrylic paints or from a spray can. You can also use colored glue sticks.

What to do in controversial moments

Seal is a mandatory element for a number of documents. Often it is necessary to decide the legality of the absence of a seal through the courts. Let's see what the laws say.

Contracts. The legislation does not provide for the mandatory presence of the seal of the contracting parties. For example, employment contracts can be concluded without a seal.
Primary documents. Organizations can develop primary accounting forms independently. Fingerprints on these documents are also optional.
Work history. If there is a seal, it must be placed on the title page when filling out the work book and when editing entries. Mandatory stamping was abolished on November 27, 2016.
Making report. Many organizations submit reports electronically. A seal is not required: it has been replaced by an electronic signature. However, Form 4-FSS, sales book, income and expenses book still require a draft version on their pages.

Wax seals in decoration: options for use

With the help of wax impressions you can design a wide variety of objects. Textured prints give them a vintage look, making them elegant and impressive.

Applying sealing wax to paper and cardboard.

Classics of the genre are scrolls and envelopes with wax seals. There are no difficulties with applying stamps to envelopes. As for the scrolls, there is one trick here. To make a scroll, take a round stick and wrap paper on it. You need to pour sealing wax into the right place - it should not be too liquid, otherwise the clot will spread. The sealing wax needs to be pressed firmly onto the cliche, and the scroll is ready.

Applying sealing wax to fabric.

This way, for example, you can decorate gift bags beautifully. Feature: when applied, sealing wax flows through the fibers of the fabric. Therefore, you need to place something metal under the canvas - a thin ruler or a trowel.

Rope sealed with a wax seal looks very impressive on gifts and scrolls. To get such a print, take a metal sheet or a construction trowel and grease it. Place ropes on the metal, fill them with sealing wax and place the cliche. After complete hardening, the wax seal will easily come off the metal surface.

Applying sealing wax to wood.

We often use this technique to decorate wooden boxes with corporate gifts. By the way, a wax seal can be combined with a label. Applying sealing wax to wood, as a rule, does not cause any problems.

Applying a wax impression on glass.

This method can be used when decorating bottles. To apply to glass, thick sealing wax with the consistency of “sour cream” is required. To get it, it is enough to lower the heating temperature of the stove. You can also add a few solid pieces to a cup of melted sealing wax and stir the mass vigorously.

How to make a wax seal with your own hands

You will need:

hot glue gun
wax pastel
envelope

Step 1

Prepare the wax crayons by removing the wrapper from them. Prepare all the colors you plan to use.

Step 2

For the process, you will need a separate glue gun that will be used exclusively for pencils. The cheapest one you can find will do, but after wax pastels it will no longer be suitable for glue. Carefully place the pencil into the glue gun; in the future you will have to push it further with your hand. The melted pencil will start to leak, so lay down newspapers just in case.

Step 3

Seal the envelope with wax - in our case we used a red pencil, to which we then added a few drops of orange to achieve shimmer. Wait for the seal to harden.

Features of wax seals

Of course, today such products are used extremely rarely. Any stationery store has a lot of ready-made stamps for children, which differ in colors and low prices.

But there are also those people who love interesting experiments. For example, you can pleasantly surprise your beloved if you give her a beautiful confession, which is sealed in wax with a beautiful logo. Making such seals can be interesting as a hobby. Moreover, making such products is not difficult.

How to Apply Wax Seal

In this matter everything is extremely simple. First you need to prepare the wax. It is best to take material of a thicker consistency without impurities, dyes and flavoring additives. The wax itself needs to be melted and poured a little onto the letter to fix its edges and seal it. After this, dip the seal in sunflower oil. This is necessary so that the workpiece does not stick to the wax base and spoil the entire image.

During this time, the wax will harden a little. But we must not allow it to completely seize. After this, just press the seal for a few seconds. When the wax hardens, it will leave a beautiful engraving, like in historical films.

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What you need to know

Contract of employment

- This is an official document that must meet the conditions of validity of civil contracts. That is, it must contain essential conditions. If one of them is not specified in the “body”, the agreement can be considered invalid.

First of all, the employer himself will suffer. It is he who bears the responsibility for the correct and legal execution of the labor agreement. The employee will only benefit from the invalidation of the contract. He will be paid compensation or provided with other benefits.

Russian citizens acquire full legal capacity from the age of 16. It is from this age that you can independently sign an employment contract. But employment in Russia is allowed from the age of 14. In this case, the labor agreement will be signed by the parent or other legal representative of the child.

The employment contract is drawn up in free form. It can only be written; an oral labor agreement is not provided for by law. In addition, you need to adhere to the style of drawing up business papers.

What information must be included in an employment contract?

The essential terms of the employment agreement include:

date and place of his imprisonment;
information about the employer - full or abbreviated name, full name and position of the manager, document on the basis of which legal activities are carried out, tax identification number, checkpoint, etc.;
information about the new employee - full name, passport data, address where he actually lives, contact information - email address and phone number, SNILS;
the name of the structural unit in which the applicant will work;
a list of his job responsibilities. You can make a reference to the job description, which the new employee will have to read and sign;
if the contract is fixed-term, then the start date of its validity and the end date. If the contract is open-ended, then this point can be skipped;
the amount of wages, the procedure for calculating them;
conditions and nature of work.

Information about each party, as well as the details of the enterprise, are written in the “header” of the document and in its final part. You need to leave space for signatures. They are the ones who certify that the data entered is correct, as well as the agreement reached between the parties.

If a person has to work in harmful or dangerous working conditions, this must be additionally reflected in the agreement. It is signed by the general director or other representative of the executive branch of the enterprise. Is it necessary or not to put a stamp on an employment contract?

In addition to essential conditions, additional conditions can be added to the contract. They depend on the specifics of the enterprise and other nuances. These include:

specific descriptions of the structural unit;
the presence of a probationary period, its duration or complete absence;
an obligation that the employee will not disclose confidential information;
the opportunity to undergo additional training, advanced training courses, attend seminars, and trainings at the expense of the company;
the presence or absence of a mandatory medical examination, its frequency;
the possibility of receiving additional social guarantees, payments, compensations;
non-state pension provision;
availability of additional medical insurance policies in medical institutions of a specific type;
other conditions.

The parties must reach an agreement on all main and additional points of the labor agreement. If necessary, you can include other conditions. The main thing is that they do not contradict current legislation and do not violate the rights of working citizens.

Information about the company in stamps

There are no even minimum requirements for the form of the seal or its content in Law 82-FZ.
This means that the seal may contain the information that the participants (shareholders) of the company deem necessary to indicate, which will be recorded in the charter. Judicial practice has not yet developed on the issue of using “updated” seals. Most organizations are still wary of this innovation. In any case, if a company decides to use a seal, it is in its interests to develop and approve a form of seal that can clearly identify the organization. It is also worth noting that the explanatory note to Law No. 82-FZ proposes using special forms, holographic seals, etc. instead of a round seal. But there is no legislative framework to implement this possibility yet.