FROM RESILIENCE TO REAL TRANSFORMATION

Savvas Klitou, Regional Managing Partner and Head of Tax Services at Baker Tilly, analyses the weaknesses exposed by recent crises, the strategic challenges beyond 2025, and the new directions required for the Professional Services sector to achieve sustainable growth. FIVEFOLD RESILIENCE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STRUCTURAL CHANGE   Climate change is increasingly burdening the global…

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Pillar Two: OECD Side-by-Side (SbS) Package

On 5 January 2026, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework (147 jurisdictions) agreed a way forward on Pillar Two and published the Side-by-Side (SbS) Package. The package introduces targeted simplifications and new safe harbours, while reaffirming QDMTTs as the primary mechanism for protecting domestic tax bases, changes that may materially affect Pillar Two compliance and cash tax…

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IFRS 18: Your practical, structured guide for smooth transition and implementation

For financial reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027, entities must apply the requirements of IFRS 18 “Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements”.  The International Accounting Standards Board has issued the new standard, officially replacing IAS 1 “Presentation of Financial Statements”. Financial Statements will have a different presentation on their financial performance statements…

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MHA to Acquire Moore Stephens firms in UAE

MHA plc is pleased to announce that the firm has entered into an agreement to acquire Moore Stephens LLC, an audit practice, and Moore Stephens Consulting LLC, a tax and consulting services firm. The two firms are headquartered in Dubai and are collectively known as MS UAE. The acquisition is consistent with MHA’s strategy of…

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