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Corporate accounting and outsourcing
Tax services
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Value added tax
We have extensive knowledge in the field of value-added-tax, excise duties and customs, both on the national and international level.
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Corporate income tax
We advise on all matters related to corporate taxation
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Transfer pricing
At Grant Thornton Baltic, our tax, legal and financial advisers assist you in all matters related to transfer pricing.
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Tax risk management
Tax risk management
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Due diligence
We identify the risks in different taxation areas (incl., corporate income tax, value added tax, payroll taxes, transfer pricing, transactions with non-residents). We prepare a report summarising any deficiencies and problems discovered and make proposals for their elimination.
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International taxation
Companies need clear strategies for tax efficient cross border business
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Taxation of private individuals
We provide our clients with integrated solutions. We advise clients in the preparation of income tax declarations as well as interpretation of different provisions regulating tax exemptions and tax incentives. For sole proprietors, we arrange accounting, prepare income tax declarations, and communicate with the tax authorities.
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Data protection and information security
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GDPR audit
GDPR audit
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DPO as a service
DPO as a service
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Data protection advisory services
Data protection advisory services
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Data protection impact assessment
Data protection impact assessment
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Information security audit
Information security audit
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Business advisory and valuation services
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Business advisory
Experienced financial advisers assist clients in all stages of their companies’ life cycle.
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Our heritage
Our heritage
Helping clients unlock their potential for growth has been deeply embedded in Grant Thornton’s DNA for more than 100 years.
What do Grant and Thornton stand for?
In 1924, Alexander Richardson Grant 26 years old and “senior accountant” the accounting firm Ernst & Ernst in Cleveland (Ernst & Ernst was later Ernst & Young). This was during the golden years after World War I and before the Great Depression, and business was good.
The young accountant had a vision to become the leader in the segment of medium-sized businesses and left security at Ernst & Ernst to start his own company along with Willam O’Brien. The company’s name was Alexander Grant & Co., and was based in Chicago.
During the following decades, the company expanded from the Midwest to be available across the U.S.. Alexander Grant died in 1938 just 40 years old, but the company survived. In 1959 Britain had the two regional accounting firms Thornton & Thornton in Oxford and Baker & Co in Leicester and Northampton merged to form Thornton Baker. Over the next 16 years were no less than 38 acquisitions and the company was called “The Thundering Herd” – the thundering herd.
During the 60th century, expanded the U.S. firm internationally and formed the company in Australia, Canada and the UK. 1980, Alexander Grant joined forces with 49 other international firms and created a global network. 1986 was the American and English firm together and took the common name Grant Thornton.