Thousands of tax disputes arise each year in Australia. This unit aims to equip students with the skills to assist in resolving those disputes both disputes which go before a court or tribunal and those which are resolved earlier. The unit covers information gathering processes open to the Commissioner of Taxation and taxpayers the assessment and objection process review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal tax appeals directly to the Federal Court appeals to the Federal Court Full Court and High Court state tax litigation in the NSW Supreme Court and NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal other non Part IVC proceedings such as administrative and Constitutional challenges tax debt recovery promoter penalties garnishee notices hardship release and preference proceedings and alternative dispute resolution. The general topics of legal professional privilege the rules of evidence preparing expert evidence and the difference between questions of law and questions of fact or mixed questions are explored as they relate to tax litigation. A guest lecture is usually given by a Federal Court Judge an Administrative Appeals Tribunal member or both and there is a skills lecture on written advocacy in tax disputes.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Law |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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Prohibitions
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Assumed knowledge
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It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Micah Burch, micah.burch@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Keni Josifoski, keni.josifoski@sydney.edu.au |