Undergraduate - UnitBTX3350 - Business taxation

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Mr Jonathan Teoh

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 covering the obligations under the Tax Agents Services Act 2009.

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: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Jonathan Teoh

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following: BTC1110, BTF1010, BTG1200, BTP1010, BTW1042 or BTW1200 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

BTG3242, BTC3350