Thailand continues to be one of Southeast Asia’s most attractive destinations for investment and business expansion. With its strategic location, robust infrastructure, and supportive regulatory environment, the country offers significant opportunities for both local and international enterprises. However, navigating the complexities of a foreign market requires more than ambition—it demands insight and preparation. Our Doing Business in Thailand 2025–2026 guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Thai business landscape, covering everything you need to know to establish and grow your operations successfully
Thailand’s newly amended Organic Act on Anti-Corruption (No.2) B.E. 2568 (2025) marks a significant shift in corporate compliance expectations. With expanded whistleblower protections and stricter enforcement mechanisms, companies operating in Thailand must act swiftly to align their internal controls and reporting systems with the new legal landscape.
Thailand stands at a crossroads. Once powered by a young and growing population, the country now faces fewer births, a rising elderly population, and a rapidly shrinking workforce. This is not a distant problem but one already reshaping the economy, society, and future of the nation. The question is not when the demographic crisis will occur, but whether Thailand can adapt quickly enough to survive.
Optimising working capital requirements is key to assessing the efficiency of profits, and something CFOs are expected to manage at all times. Do you know how well working capital is managed in your business and where improvements could be made?
The popularity of cryptocurrencies has soared in recent years, yet they do not fit easily within IFRS’ financial reporting structure. For example, an approach of accounting for holdings of cryptocurrencies at fair value through profit or loss may seem intuitive but is incompatible with the requirements of IFRS in most circumstances.
There are many good reasons why companies tend to prefer passive candidates to active ones. They are already established in the workplace, so they are guaranteed to have relevant experience as well as the ability to adapt to office culture.
The global demand for Robotic Process Automation is rapidly increasing as businesses seek to harness enterprise technology to streamline processes and increase productivity.
China’s One Belt, One Road outbound investment strategy presents a wealth of opportunity along major global land and maritime trade routes. But how can business owners outside China take advantage?
Todays Boards are under increasing pressure from regulators and customers alike to engage more broadly with stakeholders and build their views and expectations into the strategy and management of the business.
The government’s recent high-profile solicitation of China’s leading e-commerce operator, Alibaba, to collaborate in developing the nation’s digital economy made front page news. Equally newsworthy were the government’s current attempts to revise existing tax laws to ensure that digital transactions are subject to VAT, and that capital gains from disposal of digital assets are subject to withholding tax.
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As for the GTCT, its beginnings may have seemed ordinary and lacking in promise – but the team now races regularly at a national level, holding its own against impressive competition. We at Grant Thornton Thailand will continue giving the team our sponsorship and support, rain or shine, as they progress through another exciting racing season.
A rise in business optimism means more organisations are on the lookout for talent, but with demand outstripping supply, where does it leave small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
The corporate training sector is changing, with learners and employers setting new expectations of what they should receive through training. And businesses need to adapt.
Nobody thought that complying with the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) transfer pricing analysis and documentation demands would be easy. Yet, the opening year has proved to make greater demands and has required more attention than many multinational enterprises (MNEs) had anticipated.