Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 96 51130 S3 X REVENUE LAW AND PRACTICE 1.00
51005+51103
An understanding of the principles of taxation is one of the most important and useful tools for anyone seeking advancement to senior management status in the corporate world, to those in accounting or financial services to business and to those seeking to be professional accountants or lawyers. It is also equally, important for individuals in managing their personal affairs. There would be no major business decision in Australia, from the purchase of an item of plant to the overall organisation of a business structure, which is taken without regard to the taxation implications. Indeed, tax is often the motivating factor behind a decision or action. A study of taxation law involves not only an attainment of knowledge of the provisions of the various Tax Acts, but also a large volume of case law which has defined and/or clarified both the acts or general concepts not defined in the Acts, as well as the ability to apply this knowledge to factual situations.
In order to participate in the planning of a client's tax affairs itis necessary to understand the relevant sections of the appropriate Acts applicable to the transaction or entity structure. This unit primarily introduces students to the Income Tax Assessment Act (ITAA). Topics covered include assessable income, residency, capital gains tax, allowable deductions, classes of taxpayers, calculation of tax payable and rebates of tax, and tax administration provisions. An outline is also given of other taxes levied in Australia under various other statutes making up the revenue base of the Government.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
Description Weighting(%)
- The Legislative Scheme and Derivation of Income 8.00
- Concepts of Assessable Income (including residence & 24.00 source, introduction to international tax, assessable income general & specific and business income)
- Capital Gains Tax 12.00
- Allowable Deductions - general (including introduction 20.00 to FBT)
- Rebates, Tax Rates, Medicare Levy 10.00
- Taxation of Entities (partnerships, companies & 18.00 trusts)
- Administrative Provisions (including anti-avoidance & 8.00 tax planning)
1996 Australian Tax Handbook
Wallschutzky & Payne: Tax Questions and Answers
Greenbaum A, Krever R, "Australian Income Taxation: A Concise
Casebook", Law Book Company, Sydney, 1994.
Woellner, Vella and Burns, "Australian Taxation Law", 6th ed, CCH
Australia Ltd, 1996.
Barkoczy S, "Australian Tax Casebook", CCH Australia Limited, North
Ryde, 2nd ed, 1996.
Lehmann G, Coleman C, "Taxation Law in Australia", 4th ed,
Butterworths, Sydney, 1996.
Grbich Y, Bradbrook A J, Pose K, 'Revenue Law Cases and Materials',
Butterworths, Sydney, 1990.
CCH Tax Editors, 'Australian Capital Gains Tax, Principles and
Practice', CCH Australia, Sydney, 1992.
Coleman C, Hart G, "Income Tax Analysis: Cases, Questions and
Commercial Applications", Butterworths, 1994.
Cooper G S, Deutsch R L, Krever R E, 'Income Taxation Commentary and
Materials', (Latest Edition), Law Book Company, Sydney, 1993.
ACTIVITY HOURS Directed Study 56 Private Study 89 Assessments 20
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL 1 S 100.00 06/12/96 CML TEST 1 2.00 Y 2 S 100.00 20/12/96 CML TEST 2 2.00 Y 3 S 100.00 02/01/97 ASSIGNMENT 20.00 Y 4 S 100.00 06/01/97 CML TEST 3 2.00 Y 5 S 100.00 17/01/97 CML TEST 4 2.00 Y 6 S 100.00 24/01/97 CML TEST 5 2.00 Y 7 S 100.00 END S3 3 HOUR EXAMINATION 70.00 N
1 TO GAIN A PASSING GRADE IN THE UNIT A STUDENT MUST: a) obtain a
passing mark in aggregate for the unit's assessment items, AND b)
obtain a passing mark in the formal exam, AND c) submit genuine
attempts for the following MANDATORY items of assessment
ASSIGNMENT and CMLs
2 Students must retain a copy of all pieces of assessment which
must be produced if/when required by the lecturer.
3 LATE ASSIGNMENTS
3.1 All assessments submitted after the due date (and not approved
for extension) in accordance with university policy will be
penalised 20% per working day.
3.2 If students submit assignments after the due date and wish to
claim extenuating circumstances then they shall provide validated
documentary evidence with the assignment, explaining the
circumstances.
3.3 The unit examiner shall consider the statement accompanying a
late assignment and decide on the outcome.
4 Assignments not submitted in the appropriate assignment folders
will be deemed as not being received.
5 DISHONEST ACTIONS
5.1 Any student who is alleged to having performed a dishonest action
relating to any assessment in the unit will have a course of
action taken against him/her as outlined in the Academic
Regulations.
5.2 Pieces of assessment should be the work of individual students.
Joint pieces of assessment are not permitted unless written
approval has been obtained from the unit leader.
5.3 Dishonest action in relation to assessment includes: - copying or
attempting to copy the work of others; - use of or attempting to
use information prohibited from use in that form of assessment; -
submitting the work of another as your own; - consciously
committing acts of plagiarism, ie taking and using another's
thoughts or writings as one's own with intent to deceive, which
occurs when paragraphs, sentences, a single sentence or
significant parts of a sentence which are copied directly, are
not enclosed in quotation marks and appropriately footnoted or
referenced in the text direct quotations are not used, but text
is paraphrased or summarised, and the source of the material is
not acknowledged by footnoting or other reference in the text.
6 DEFERRED EXAMINATIONS
6.1 Deferred examinations will be granted at the Dean's discretion in
the case of medical or compassionate circumstances having regard
to item 1. If a deferred examination has been granted students
shall normally sit the deferred examination in the semester in
which the unit is offered, BUT NO LATER THAN THE NEXT SEMESTER 3
EXAMINATION PERIOD. If, for whatever reason, this deferred
examination is not taken then the student will be graded `F'.
6.2 Medical evidence on the appropriate University of Southern
Queensland medical certificate or doctor's certificate must be
received by the Faculty Administrator no later than twenty-one
(21) days after examination date. A medical certificate must be
dated with the same date as the period of illness for which the
absence from examination is being sought and clearly indicate the
student's name and, if possible, student number. (Retrospective
medical certificates will not be accepted for either assignment
work or examinations.)
6.3 A student's medical condition must be stated clearly (IN
ENGLISH). (Certificates stating a student has a `Medical
Condition' will not be sufficient grounds for deferment of
examination). Medical evidence must cover the student for the
day(s) of the missed examination(s).
6.4 Requests must be in writing to the Faculty Administrator clearly
stating the student name and number, unit number of the
examination missed due to illness and current address. Deferral
of an examination CANNOT be granted on an existing deferral in
that unit.
6.5 Students who have a medical condition on the day of the
examination are advised to obtain documentary evidence and NOT
attempt the examination. If a student makes an attempt at the
examination, the assessment item will be marked and a grade
awarded. In these cases, a student cannot, after receiving a
`Fail' grade, request a deferred examination or special
consideration.
6.6 Students who have been granted deferred examinations will not be
granted a waiver of prerequisites, without the permission of the
Heads of Discipline, in subsequent semesters (if they do not have
a passing grade).
7 Unit weightings of topics should not be interpreted as applying
to the number of marks allocated to questions testing those
topics in an examination paper. The examination may test material
already tested in assignments.
8 Mechanised erasers are not permitted in exam venues.
9 The examination is open book which means that students are
permitted to bring into the exam room and use any written or
printed material.
10 Students should also refer to the Faculty of Commerce `Guide to
Policies and Procedures' section of the University Handbook for
further information on the above matters.