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The rapid development of artificial intelligence and the arrival of ChatGPT on the scene will not leave accountants on the street, but there will be an increasing need to get in-service training, re-train and think more like a CFO does.

From January 1st, 2023, chapter 24 of the Tax Information Exchange Act entered into force, according to which platform operators must provide information about the sellers and service providers using the platform and the income earned by them to the Tax and Customs Board.

On March 20th, 2023, Ministry of Finance of Lithuania revealed proposals on tax reform, to be submitted to Parliament early May, to enter into force from the year 2024 (if adopted).

Proper and smooth stock-taking is often seen as being the tedious duty of accountants, and a process that obstructs the company’s activities for a few hours or days. In reality, stock-taking does not just concern accountants and can be organised more effectively and reasonably by focusing on the most important things.

Since 2003, the international network of business consultancies Grant Thornton has conducted an annual study to determine what percentage of seats on senior management is filled by women.

In an era when new and profitable opportunities keep on presenting themselves for investing and many of these are not supervised by Financial Supervision Authority or other regulator, be on the lookout for specific red flags in order to prevent fraud.

From 2017, Estateguru has expanded outside Estonia to offer real estate investment opportunities in the other Baltic states and elsewhere in Europe. With rapid growth taking place, it started to improve and change the company’s risk management system, which led to a need for an internal auditor.

Financial services are one of the most strictly regulated business areas. It is to be expected that every financial service provider must have an internal auditor, be it a paid staff member or outsourced service. ESTO Group, a credit provider founded in 2017 that expended to Latvia and Lithuania in 2021, went the outsourcing route and partnered with Grant Thornton Baltic for internal audit services.

It’s said it takes years to build trust but just a moment to destroy it. The dictum should be taken especially seriously in the financial sector where big sums of money hang in the balance along with the trust of clients, partners and supervisory authorities.

Employees are the greatest asset of any company, upon which competitive advantage is built - but they are also one of the largest cost factors. Every business leader should think about on whether we are doing all we can, to preserve this investment and whether we are making the most of our employees' potential.

What do Mauritania, Kosovo, Moldova, Iraq, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan have in common? Answer: the e-Governance Academy has provided advisory services to them and tens of other countries in transition, helping local government institutions and NGOs efficiently develop electronic public services and make democratic processes better.

Bert Haabu, our audit assistant manager, successfully passed the sworn auditor exam in December 2022 and became a sworn auditor. Congratulations, Bert!

In the end of 2022, Grant Thornton Baltic received the Partner Excellence Award from its cooperation partner, the global business services provider ADP, for 15 years of excellent cooperation in payroll processing for ADP clients in the Baltic countries.

This November, the Nasdaq Tallinn exchange’s alternative market First North started trading of the shares of the only Baltic pharmaceutical company J. Molner. Grant Thornton Baltic auditors had an important role in laying the groundwork for J. Molner’s market debut.

Tartu is nicknamed the city of good ideas. In Grant Thornton Baltic’s office in Tartu city centre there are not only good ideas but good specialists, satisfied customers and high-quality services.

Grant Thornton Baltic's transaction advisory team helped OÜ Rannu Seeme develop the conditions for the exit of the partner, including advising on the execution and formalization of the transaction.