91.4% of Italian managers in SMEs declare to consider a company’s gender equality initiatives when applying for a new role, as resulting from the Grant Thornton 2026 Women in Business report, a global survey which has been analysing the progresses of women’s presence in C-suite roles within mid-market businesses for more than 20 years.
According to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), in Q4 2025 optimism about an economic recovery is down 2 percentage points among mid-market businesses globally, whereas it remains stable in the EU and is up 1 point in Italy at 61%.
44.6% of mid-market businesses globally now have a female Chief finance officer (CFO) – a figure that’s nearing gender parity
The International Business Report shows that in Italy, 72% of businesses say they have not changed their businesses approach to taxation, while only 14% of businesses have taken measures in line with the OECD programme.
The Italian draft Budget Law for 2017 provides for the introduction in the domestic legislation of VAT grouping schemes.
Enrico Cimpanelli speaks at a conference on corporate frauds and the role of supervisory bodies
New white list: effects on taxation of financial revenue
The future of Asia Pacific: opportunity knocks if regional challenges can be overcome
To successfully implement the changes needed, a change in the profile of bank employees is also needed. Besides the technological innovations there are a series of regulatory innovations. Control and compliance functions are increasingly important, but the organisational challenge is the most difficult as it will also imply staff layoffs.
The tax benefit aimed at facilitating the assignment and transfer of movable and immovable assets registered in public records to shareholders is substantially relevant for income tax purposes. However, it can have also VAT implications.
While UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will begin the process of taking the country out of the EU by the end of March 2017, the nature of what kind of subsequent trade deal May might agree with the EU remains undetermined
Bernoni Grant Thornton took part in the Career Day of Università Cattolica on 11 October 2016
Stefano Salvadeo took part in the Grant Thornton South Eastern Europe meeting in Athens.
International student fees can significantly boost Higher Education Institutions’ (HEI) financial results. But competition is increasing for a piece of this lucrative market. Are you using the right techniques to capitalise on it?
Consulting firms are ready to assist new clients with the voluntary disclosure. This is a chance for those companies and individuals who did not benefit from last year opportunity to repatriate capital held abroad, but also for those who moved capital to “safer” countries, such as Dubai, Panama, Bahamas, but then lost control over it because of scandals (Panama papers) or news leaks (Bahamas leaks).
The European Commission, admitting the need of a modernization of the VAT system, outlines the action plan that it intends to adopt, mainly in a perspective of a system simplification and a greater attention to SMEs.
Uncertainty on the stamp of approval in case of Group VAT
A new report from Grant Thornton points out the key role of the corporate governance to meet the challenges of the next decade and, at the same time, the need and opportunity to adopt changes in the Board of Directors skills, in selection processes and in the corporate culture.
Seminar on the effects of Brexit organised in collaboration with the British Chamber of Commerce in Milan