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GST and Indirect Taxation
Postgraduate | CUR-MT532 | 2022
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Learn how salary packaging and pay-roll taxes work. Practice writing up business activity statements and general payment summaries.Table the responsibilities and complications presented by the fringe benefits and goods and service taxes.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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GST and Indirect Taxation
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- identify and analyse the requirements surrounding the Goods and Services Tax and Fringe Benefits Tax regimes and a variety of state and commonwealth taxes and concessions
- understand and analyse the interaction between the Goods and Services Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax, pay-roll tax and salary packaging to practical situations
- access and compile Business Activity Statements and Payment Summaries
- research problems independently involving a variety of state and commonwealth taxes and concessions
- GST
- FBT and reportable fringe benefits
- Salary packaging
This subject explores the goods and services tax, the fringe benefits tax and other indirect taxes. It also covers state and commonwealth taxes and concessions.
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- Case Study 2 (30%)
- Take-home exam (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-TAX-MAS-2022 - Master of Taxation
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-TAX-MAS
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE