ACCT359-15S2 (C) Semester Two 2015

Further Issues in Advanced Taxation

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2015

Description

This course includes consideration of tax compliance and simplification; business and tax ethics; tax policy; international taxation; taxation of capital gains; goods and services tax and an introduction to the charities sector (and taxation issues) in New Zealand.

It is intended that this course will consider tax concepts and principles; tax reform and developing tax policy; aspects of tax and land transactions; taxation and charities; the taxation of capital gains; tax compliance; exchange of information; taxation of investments; ethics and other topics.

Learning Outcomes

Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding (e.g. explain, discuss, apply and, where appropriate, evaluate) of:

1.  Issues related to tax compliance (including John George Russell);
2.  The ethical issues relating to a specific factual scenario;
3.  The importance of exchange of information for revenue authorities and current developments in this area;
4.  The issues that arise with respect to tax reform and developing tax policy;
5.  The the issues concerning the structure and implementation of a capital gains tax;
6.  The application of the Income Act Tax to land transactions;
7.  The taxation issues related to charities.

Prerequisites

ACCT358 or ACIS358

Restrictions

ACIS359, ACIS354

Equivalent Courses

ACIS359

Course Coordinator

Alistair Hodson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tutorial Preparation 10%
Research Project 20%
Mid-term Test 30%
Final Examination 40%


The School of Business and Economics calculator policy applies to this course. During invigilated assessment students are only permitted to use standard calculators that have been approved.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

New Zealand taxation ... legislation handbook ; Thomson Brookers (Students shuld have access to Thomson Reuters, Taxation Legislation Handbook 2015 or CCH 2015 NZ Tax Legislation for Students; (your legislation needs to have the Income TAx Act 2007). Current (2014) copies of these works are also acceptable).

Refer to the Course Outline for recommended additional reading.
Students will be expected to familiarise themselves with various handouts issued throughout the semester and with other references to which they will be directed.

Course links

Course Outline 2015 Course Outline
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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $737.00

International fee $3,125.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 20 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

All ACCT359 Occurrences

  • ACCT359-15S2 (C) Semester Two 2015