Undergraduate - UnitLAW5152 - Taxation law 506

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit covers the concepts of income taxation and the taxation of capital gains, in their underlying historical, social and constitutional contexts. It includes the policy and constitutional matrices of taxation, the legal definition of income, taxation of income from personal services and business, taxation of fringe benefits, indirect taxation on goods and services, taxation of capital gains, allowable deductions from gross income in personal and business contexts and the general effect of anti-avoidance legislation.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should have:

a basic, up-to-date knowledge of income tax law
an appreciation of taxation law in its historical and constitutional context
a critical knowledge of the central concepts involved in the operation of the income tax system
an awareness of the current tax mix in Australia
an understanding of the dynamic nature of taxation law and the reasons for this dynamism
a clear understanding of the policy issues underlying taxation
developed the ability to evaluate critically new tax proposals
developed skills of statutory interpretation in the context of technical and complex legislation.

Assessment

Research assignment (2000 words): 40% and examination (2.5 hours plus 30 minutes reading and noting time): 60% OR examination (2.5 hours plus 30 minutes reading and noting time): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Stephen Barkoczy

Workload requirements

3 hours per week over 12 weeks

Prerequisites

LAW1100 or LAW1101 and LAW1102 or LAW1104