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The going concern assumption means that a company is able to continue its normal business operations and meet its obligations when they fall due. In practice, this is not merely a disclosure in the financial statements but an everyday risk-management question for management: does the company have a realistic plan, sufficient cash flow, and access to financing even if the economic environment deteriorates?

Last year, the international standards for small and medium-sized entities were updated. These standards also form the basis for Estonian accounting guidelines. Local rules will soon change as well. The most significant amendment relates to the accounting treatment of returned goods.

New unique artificial intelligence–based assistants are now available to everyone on the Grant Thornton Baltic Estonia website. These tools help accountants, CFOs, auditors and other interested parties navigate the field of accounting more effectively.

When and how should the fair value of an investment property be measured? This article explains the requirements of RTJ 6, outlines the differences between the fair value and cost models, and highlights the most common valuation pitfalls. Practical guidance helps management ensure a market-based and reliable valuation.

Implementing Alteryx was not about innovation for its own sake, but about addressing very specific needs: increasing efficiency, reducing manual work, and making recurring procedures more transparent and less prone to errors.

Clearly documented packaging accounting helps companies strike a balance where obligations are met in compliance with requirements, accounting remains auditable, and administrative costs are kept at an efficient level.

At the beginning of 2025, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) adopted an updated consolidated text of the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs). The updated IFRS for SMEs therefore necessitates a review and update of the EFS and the RTJ guidelines.

Protecting company funds is not just an accounting or IT task – it is a direct responsibility of the management board

According to the guidelines of the Accounting Standards Board, every accounting entity must ensure that the information presented in the annual report is fair and reliable. This also includes confirmations issued by banks regarding account balances, loans, collateral, and other financial assets and liabilities.

Year-end is the time when the management of every company must ensure that the company’s equity complies with the minimum net asset requirements set out in the Commercial Code.

When closing a financial year, it can turn out that a company’s equity (net assets) does not meet the requirements set forth in legislation and so the equity must be brought into conformity with the law. Often auditors and lawyers receive queries about these topics, but their perspectives can sometimes vary.

Year-end means preparing financial statements, but many businesses overlook one critical aspect: whether the covenants of long-term loans are compliant with the indicators agreed with the bank as at the balance sheet date.

Companies’ credit agreements generally contain customer-specific conditions called covenants. December is the last chance to check whether the company is indeed in compliance with these covenants, especially considering how companies’ financial results have been impacted by the current ultra-rapid economic growth, rising prices and supply chain problems.

According to the registrar's statistics, 95% of companies registered in Estonia have chosen a financial year that runs from 1 January to 31 December. However, a company’s fiscal year should reflect the cycle of the company’s operating activity and year-end procedures should be conducted at a time when volumes of activity are lowest.

It’s often said that the only constant is change. The team at Grant Thornton Baltic knows this well – the work of accountants, auditors, and advisors is continuously evolving due to technological progress and ever-stricter regulatory requirements. But how can leaders manage change so that it truly bears fruit?

Stocktaking is far more than an accounting chore. When done thoughtfully, it becomes an effective tool for control, accuracy, and fraud prevention — and can be managed far more efficiently.