Undergraduate - UnitBTX3350 - Business taxation and GST

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Anthony van der Westhuysen

Synopsis

Topics covered include taxation of business entities, tax planning issues on acquisition and disposal of a business, retirement (superannuation) and estate planning, tax administration and anti-avoidance and tax agent ethics.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

describe the taxation issues associated with specific business regimes including the Small Business Tax System
analyse the tax frameworks that apply when conducting a business through Companies, Trusts, Partnerships or Sole Proprietors
analyse business transactions in the tax administration and anti- avoidance rules
apply the appropriate taxation rules that govern purchases and sales of a business.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours, open-book): 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Anthony van der Westhuysen

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following: BTC3150, BTG3221 or BTW3221before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

BTF3951, BTG3242, BTW3242, BTC3350