Taxation (BFA391) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, Australia

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Unit name	Taxation
Unit code	BFA391
Credit points	12.5
Faculty/School	College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Accounting and Accountability
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Learning Outcomes

ILO1	Locate and interpret and explain relevant legislation, cases, rulings and principles of taxation law in Australia
ILO2	Communicate and critique the relevant taxation rules, demonstrating knowledge of the connection between case law and legislation.
ILO3	Apply tax rules to a problem scenario with a given set of facts to reach a conclusion.
ILO4	Perform calculations including income tax, CGT, and FBT liability.

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Requisites

Prerequisites

(BFA141 Commercial Transactions AND BFA104 Accounting Context and Method); OR
(BFA104 Accounting Context and Method AND LAW121 Introduction to Law AND LAW122 Legal Systems); OR
(BFA104 Accounting Context & Method AND BAA215 Corporate & Business Law)

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	1 x 2 hour lecture, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week. Please check the unit outline for details.
Assessment	Test (15%), Assignment (25%), Exam (60%).
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Textbooks

Required	You will need the following texts: Sadiq, K, Black, C, Hanegbi, R, Jogarajan, S, Krever, R, Obst, W& Ting, A 2020, Principles of Taxation Law, 13th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, NSW. and Pinto, D, Kendall, K & Sadiq, K 2020, Fundamental Tax Legislation, 28th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, NSW. If you choose to use an older version of the text you must take responsibility if you get something incorrect due to the text being out of date.

Required

You will need the following texts:

Sadiq, K, Black, C, Hanegbi, R, Jogarajan, S, Krever, R, Obst, W& Ting, A 2020, Principles of Taxation Law, 13th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, NSW. and

Pinto, D, Kendall, K & Sadiq, K 2020, Fundamental Tax Legislation, 28th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, NSW.

If you choose to use an older version of the text you must take responsibility if you get something incorrect due to the text being out of date.

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