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GSB606 Advanced Taxation Law

Updated: 02 June 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in GradCertProfAcc or MCom or MBusRes or MBusResHons or MCom(ProfAcc)
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LS474
Notes

Quotas apply to this unit: Trimester 2: 128 off-campus
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Harry Rigney (hrigney@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit develops significant contemporary areas of taxation law not covered in depth in undergraduate studies. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to Capital Gains Tax, Fringe Benefit Tax, and Goods and Services Taxation.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Fundamental Tax Legislation
ISBN: 9780864606495
Deutsch, R.L., Thomson Reuters 2010
Text refers to: Trimester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 30% 2500
Assessment Notes
A problem-based assessment task
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-2, 4, 6
Final Examination 70%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-2, 4, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. acquire and demonstrate a comprehension of the structure and application of the Australian law of capital gains tax, fringe benefits tax and goods and services tax;
  2. describe, understand, research and critically analyse the law, procedure and practice in relation to key institutional processes that compose the criminal justice system, including sentencing and the administration of punishment;
  3. utilise and apply knowledge of sound grasp of legal principles, procedure and practice to competently give taxation advice.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
A command of taxation law will be achieved through knowledge presented in the teaching and learning activities associated with the unit. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Written communication skills are assessed and practiced in the assignment work and online communications. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Assessed through assignment preparation, use of internet, Blackboard, etc. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Assessments are focussed on problem-solving skills in taxation law. 		True True True
   

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