Taxation Law 1

Course aim

To introduce students to income tax, goods and services tax and fringe benefits tax and to satisfy the educational requirements of the professional accounting bodies.

Course content

Introduction to the Tax Agent Services Act (2009); introduction to the income tax system; ordinary income; derivation of income; statutory income; exempt income; residence and source; introduction to capital gains tax; introduction to fringe benefits tax; introduction to the goods and services tax; general deductions; specific deductions; tax offsets; depreciation; trading stock; small business concessions; taxation treatment of partnerships, trusts, minors, companies including dividend imputation, and superannuation; introduction to international taxation; anti-avoidance provisions; tax planning; tax administration.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 2 All Other Programs
COML 2005	Companies and Partnership Law
Group 1 DBCF - Bachelor of Business (Finance)
LAWS 1018	Business Law
BANK 2008	Introduction to Financial Planning

Students in programs DHLD and DBLD should have successfully completed 72 units of study.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Lecture (Virtual)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	40 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, TAYLOR'S BUSINESS SCHOOL
Workshop	35 hours x NA

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.