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LAWS5109: Advanced Taxation Law
2025 unit information
This unit further pursues the goals of Australian Income Tax and is to be regarded as an extension of that unit. In particular, the unit both builds on the materials covered in Australian Income Tax and examines some more advanced aspects of Australia's tax system. In addition to advanced topics in income tax and tax administration, the unit provides an overview of state taxes (transfer duty, land tax and payroll tax) and particular attention is given to aspects of international taxation, including the role and operation of tax treaties. The unit aims to focus on tax issues of practical relevance and those topics that have been the subject of recent reform or substantial development, and so the content and coverage of topics may be adjusted each year to reflect this. Together with Australian Income Tax these units provide an understanding of fundamental elements of the Australian tax system and provide a basis for further study and/or practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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LAWS5112 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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LAWS3409 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. identify and apply tax law to factual situations involving a variety of complex commercial and private arrangements and clearly and accurately communicate your analysis of the tax consequences arising from these situations
- LO2. apply advanced problem solving skills by learning how to identify and analyse tax issues and engage with and assess alternative lines of argument in relation to a variety of commercial and private arrangements
- LO3. determine and apply the most correct tax accounting approach to a variety of commercial and private arrangements
- LO4. identify the tax base of the three main State taxes, being transfer/stamp duty, land tax and payroll tax, and demonstrate an ability to apply the core rules of these taxes to a variety of commercial arrangements
- LO5. demonstrate an understanding of the Constitutional law context of taxation law, in particular the allocation of taxing powers between levels of government, and the role of judicial review of the decisions and actions of the Commissioner
- LO6. describe the key components of the statutory framework for the administration of the Commonwealth level taxes and link that to the practice of the ATO
- LO7. identify and apply statutory and tax treaty rules to a variety of factual situations involving cross-border transactions and arrangements
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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