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Kristjan Järve and Madis Laas discussed the necessity of the recently published guidelines by the Tax and Customs Board and the process of their preparation in the show "Kasvukursil".

The details of the defense tax that will take a bite out of corporate profits appear to be rife with inequality and unfairness, and a closer look reveals situations where taxes must be paid by those who haven’t turned an actual profit.

On 25 September 2024, the Estonian government submitted a draft law on the defense tax to the Parliament, which introduces a temporary defense tax consisting of three components, including a 2% tax on corporate profits. Most companies will have to pay the defense tax for the first time on 10 September 2026.

Last year, an amendment to the Commercial Register Act was passed, which meant more fines for companies for the purpose of making the Estonian business environment more transparent.

Grant Thornton Baltic provided consultation to OptiPRO OÜ, which operates a retail chain of optometry stores under the brand Pro Optika and acquired the holding company of the Pere Optika chain, Optiland Eesti OÜ. After receiving a merger permit from the Competition Authority, the transaction was completed on June 10, 2024, and OptiPRO OÜ acquired a stake in Optiland Eesti OÜ.

In 2023, the German family company Bodo Möller Chemie bought the distribution rights of the brands Loctite, Teroson and Technomelt from Henkel and established a subsidiary Bodo Möller Chemie Baltics OÜ to deal with the resale of Henkel's adhesives and sealants in the Baltics. The founding of the subsidiary was advised by Grant Thornton Baltic.

Spring is here, which means it’s the time that many companies reporting their financial results have made the decision to pay out dividends. This brings up a number of questions for management and financial teams. We try to answer the most frequently asked ones below.

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.

In the spring and summer of 2022, Fourings OÜ, which brings together companies engaged in the sale and maintenance of Audis in Estonia, sold a 50 percent stake to the investment company UG Investments.

In August 2022, Grant Thornton Baltic concluded a financial and tax due diligence for an Estonian start-up company Qualitista.

Experts say that activity on the transactions market has returned to previous levels in contrast to the slump in the spring, but it should be remembered that more restrictive conditions are added to contracts in hard times.

The Nordic venture capital fund Inventure invested 11.6 million euros in the Estonian startup Jobbatical in 2022.

In our new videos, you can learn about Grant Thornton Baltic's main areas of activity - accounting, auditing and advisory - as well as our culture: yes, we are not dry numbers people, but we appreciate humor, and we are helpful and solution-seeking with both clients and colleagues.

A businessman who started a company in Estonia even before the country had regained independence, Kevin Probert-Ehaver, recently sold his life’s work – the three Baltic companies in BK Group – to a major Chinese corporation, Hikvision. The transaction proved more complicated than planned, but in the end he managed to negotiate a price that was triple what was originally offered.

In the beginning of the year, several tax changes were introduced in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Grant Thornton Baltic OÜ advised German company RAUMEDIC AG on the acquisition of aktsiaselts A&G. RAUMEDIC AG is a leading developer and manufacturer of systems and components and a partner to medical and pharmaceutical industries. Core business of aktsiaselts A&G is production of medical supplies.