Graduate Diploma in Tax

Institution The University of Melbourne Parkville Campus
Method On Campus
Location Parkville
Type Postgraduate
Course fee By request

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Graduate Diploma in Tax

Objectives The graduate programs in tax focus on: * Complex technical issues of tax law, using practical case studies and discussion problems * Current developments in tax practice and influential international trends * The constantly changing knowledge base in taxation * Identification and resolution of taxation law problems at an advanced level * The theoretical framework for taxation * The policies embodied in Australia’s tax legislation, as well as the technical detail of the tax rules * Skills, including problem solving, analysing and evaluating outcomes, and the articulation of knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations.
Academic title Graduate Diploma in Tax
Course description Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list.

# Offered in 2009
All Subjects

    * Advanced International Tax: Offshore Entities (formerly Taxation of Overseas Entities) #
    * Asian Comparative Tax Law Systems #
    * Australian Income Tax System #
    * Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice #
    * Comparative Income Tax
    * Corporate Taxation A (Shareholders, Debt and Equity) #
    * Corporate Taxation B (Companies and Consolidation) #
    * Current Issues in Tax
    * Current Issues in Tax Avoidance
    * Fiscal Reform and Development
    * Goods and Services Tax Principles #
    * International Aspects of US Income Tax (formerly United States Corporate and International Tax) #
    * International Taxation: Principles and Structure (formerly Australian International Taxation) #
    * State Taxes and Duties #
    * Tax Administration: Penalties, Prosecutions and Ethics #
    * Tax Effective Writing: Written Advocacy #
    * Tax Policy #
    * Tax Treaties #
    * Taxation Litigation
    * Taxation of Business and Investment Income A #
    * Taxation of Business and Investment Income B
    * Taxation of Financial Instruments
    * Taxation of Intellectual Property
    * Taxation of Remuneration
    * Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises #
    * Taxation of Superannuation #
    * Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems #
    * UK Taxation: Principles and New Developments #
    * Value Added Tax: Australia's GST in a Global Context (formerly Advanced Goods and Services Tax)