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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.

This kind of trust can only come from well-maintained human relationships that develop over the long term. Listening and patience are crucial for creating and building relationships.

The global mobility environment is changing rapidly. Businesses and their employees working internationally are faced with a complex web of regulations and laws. While tax laws change almost daily, wider political agendas and large-scale reforms have the potential to create new complexities and to increase mobility costs.

The global charity sector is having to adapt in a fast-moving world. At the heart of this transformation is a strong collective ambition to drive positive change for beneficiaries and communities both locally and internationally. But what happens when charitable giving doesn’t reflect this?

After deciding on a vision, there are two main barriers that generally prevent companies from following through on their initial ideas: Money, and expertise.

In part 1, we discussed the origins of the CPTPP and Thailand’s existing trade relationships with other members. Of the 11 countries already signed on, Thailand already has free trade deals with 9 of them. The remaining countries – Canada and Mexico – are highly significant players on the world stage.