Taxation for Business Decision Making

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Topics include Australian income tax law and its application to the business environment; compliance with statutory and professional requirements in relation to taxation; the taxation of capital gains; fringe benefits tax; goods and services tax; and the application of taxation law to selected current issues.

• Identify taxation issues that commonly arise;
• Apply Australian income tax (including capital gains tax), goods and services tax and fringe benefits tax law to a range of situations.

• Assignment totalling not more than 3000 words (30%)
• 3-hour open book end-of-semester examination (70%)

You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• Synthesis of a range of information relating to key aspects of taxation in Australia particularly in relation to commercial transactions;
• Accessing data from a range of sources;
• Problem solving;
• Collaborative learning and team work;
• Critical thinking;
• Advocacy.