Business law and taxation specialisation

• Subjects taught by the department
  • First-year subjets
  • Second-year subjects
  • Third-year subjects
• Professional accreditation
  • CPA Australia and Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
  • Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange -- licences and membership
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission -- registration as an auditor or liquidator
  • Australian Society of Corporate Treasurers
  • Malaysian Society of CPAs
  • Taxation

Subjects taught by the department

First-year subjets

• BTC1110 Business law

Second-year subjects

• BTC2110 Business law
• BTC2210 Australian company law
• BTC2130 Stock exchange and derivatives law
• BTC2191 International trade law
• BTC2213 Malaysian company law
• BTC2250 Comparative Asian taxation

Note that students cannot obtain credit for both BTC1110 and BTC2110. BTC1110/BTC2110 (Business law) is a foundation subject emphasising the legal framework of business. It is a prerequisite for some but not all of the Clayton business law subjects.

Third-year subjects

• BTC3150 Australian income tax law
• BTC3153 Malaysian income tax law
• BTC3190 Asian business law
• BTC3200 Finance law
• BTC3250 Taxation of financial transactions
• BTC3300 Marketing law
• BTC3350 Business taxation
• BTC3450 International taxation
• BTC3460 Information law
• BTC3730 Industrial arbitration

There is no prerequisite for BTC3150 or BTC3153 (Income tax law). It is highly recommended that students majoring in marketing take BTC3300 (Marketing law) to develop familiarity with the Trade Practices Act, and that students majoring in management take BTC3730 (Industrial arbitration) to understand the legal framework of the workplace.
Business law and taxation subjects from other campuses may be available if they do not overlap with an existing Clayton subject, eg BTW2223 (Business regulation and corporate crime) or BTW3240 (Administrative law). These subjects are available by distance education.

Professional accreditation

The following subjects offered by the Department of Business Law and Taxation assist students to meet the educational requirements of the listed organisations.

CPA Australia and Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

• BTC1110/BTC2110 Business law
• BTC2210 Australian company law
• BTC3150 Australian income tax law

Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance

• BTC1110/BTC2110 Business law
• BTC3200 Finance law

Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange -- licences and membership

Faculty degrees in which the department teaches assist with licensing as a dealer and adviser by ASIC, and as a member of the ASX and SFE.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission -- registration as an auditor or liquidator

• CPA, ICAA, or
• a faculty degree majoring in accounting with four subjects from the Department of Business Law and Taxation

Australian Society of Corporate Treasurers

• BTC1110/BTC2110 Business law
• BTC2210 Australian company law

Malaysian Society of CPAs

• BTC2213 Malaysian company law
• BTC3153 Malaysian income tax law

Taxation

Students who wish to obtain registration as a tax agent should include:

• BTC1110/BTC2110 Business law
• BTC2210 Australian company law
• BTC3150 Income tax law

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