Structured Class Participation (10%): Participation in seminar discussions is essential to success in this unit. Students will be assigned a scheduled topic in consultation with the unit coordinator. For the seminar addressing that topic, students will be “on-call” meaning they will be asked to lead, facilitate, and otherwise guide the discussion. 
Participation in seminar discussions helps students demonstrate their ability to identify and apply tax law to factual situations (ULO1), develop advanced problem-solving skills (ULO2), and make decisions about applicable tax accounting approaches that should be employed in different scenarios (ULO3), identify and articulate their understanding of tax bases (ULO4) articulate the Constitutional law context of taxation law (as it applies the Commonwealth (ULO5 and ULO6) and identify and show understanding of statutory and tax treaty rules (ULO7). 
 

In-class Oral Presentation (20%): Students will be allocated a time during seminars to present for between 10 and 15 minutes (depending on class size) on a topic covered in the unit and based on consultation with the unit coordinator. A selection of possible topics will be made available to students but students can go beyond these and choose their own (related) topic, with permission of the unit coordinator.  Consultations can occur in-person or via email but should be concluded no later than [2 weeks] prior to the student presenting. Students may prepare presentation materials. These must be submitted via Canvas 24 hours prior to the student’s scheduled presentation. Instructions and information about formatting of resources like slides will be discussed in class. Presentations allow students to identify and apply tax law to factual situations (ULO1), develop advanced problem-solving skills (ULO2), and make decisions about applicable tax accounting approaches that should be employed in different scenarios (ULO3), identify and articulate their understanding of tax bases (ULO4) articulate the Constitutional law context of taxation law (as it applies the Commonwealth (ULO5 and ULO6) and identify and show understanding of statutory and tax treaty rules (ULO7). 


Small test (30%): The quiz will take place on 12 September 2024 (Sydney, Australia time) on the topics covered up to that date. The duration will be 1 hour plus 15 minutes reading time. This is a pen to paper quiz conducted in class.
 

Final exam (40%): A final exam will be an on-campus supervised during the University's formal exam period. It will be open book exam (hard copy/printed materials only, no electronic devices). A variety of questions will examine your tax law knowledge, your ability to identify and analyse tax issues raised by the novel facts presented, and your written communication skills. All materials and topics from the unit are examinable in the final exam.
You will have 2 hours writing time plus 30 minutes reading time to prepare your responses to the questions. The exam timetable will be released by the Exams Office in due course. For further information, please refer to the Exam Timetable: https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/exams/timetables.html

Use of editors or proof-readers: The use of assistance in preparing and editing assessment tasks in this unit of study is strictly prohibited. Assistance includes human and automated writing tools (not including spell checking). The use of Studiosity does not breach this rule but must be acknowledged. 

Special consideration: Successful grants of Special Consideration may involve alternative tasks, as appropriate. 

Assessment requirements to pass a unit of study: A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.