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Taxation Research in Current Topics
Postgraduate | CUR-MT570 | 2018
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Explore why Australia’s tax system relies on a mix of direct and indirect taxes levied by state governments and the Commonwealth.Inspect national taxation issues, then take a global perspective and assess the reliability of international tax information.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Taxation Research in Current Topics
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- interpret, research, describe and analyse the challenges in current taxation issues in Australia
- develop and apply critical reasoning to issues in taxation
- use appropriate technologies to make judgements about the reliability and validity of global taxation information.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
Topical issues in State and Commonwealth direct and indirect taxation.
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- Case Study 1 (30%)
- Case Study 2 (30%)
- Case Study 3 (40%)
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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