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Course structure
Students must complete 100 credit points in total. All international students are required to undertake Foundations of Tax Law. This subject provides a necessary grounding in Australian common law and statutory law of taxation, enabling a comparison with students’ home country tax systems. It provides the foundation for successful study in the other tax subjects studied in the course.
Students must complete at least 75 credit points from the prescribed lists and may select up to 25 credit points from the subjects offered in the Master of Commercial Law.
Note: Most subjects in the MLM program are 12.5 credit points each. Check individual subject handbook entries for confirmation.
Study Abroad at Oxford
Students enrolled in the Master of Tax also have the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Oxford. Learn more
Tax Practitioners Board
The subject marked (I) is approved as an introductory subject, and subjects marked (A) are approved as advanced subjects for participant accreditation as a tax agent with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). For further information about approved courses, consult the list at www.tpb.gov.au. For information about applying the TPB ‘mix and match’ approach, please consult TPB Information Sheet TPB(I) 06/2011 at www.tpb.gov.au.
Tax subjects
- Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice (A)
- Corporate Tax A (Shareholders, Debt and Equity) (A)
- Foundations of Tax Law (I)
- Taxation of Business and Investment Income (A)
Specialist Tax subjects
- Administrative Law in Tax Matters
- Corporate Tax B (Consolidation and Losses) (A)
- Goods and Services Tax Principles (A)
- Global Digital Tax (6.25 credit points)
- Mineral and Petroleum Tax
- Not-for-Profits, Law and the State
- Sport and Taxation
- State Taxes and Duties
- Tax and Crime
- Tax Avoidance and Planning (A)
- Tax Litigation
- Tax Policy
- Tax Practice: Writing Effectively (A)
- Tax in Practice (6.25 credit points)
- Tax of Innovation (6.25 credit points)
- Taxation of Major Projects
- Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions (A)
- Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises (A)
- Taxation of Superannuation (A)
- Tax of Superannuation A (6.25 credit points)
- Taxation of Trusts (A)
International and Comparative Tax subjects
- Chinese Tax Law and Policy (6.25 credit points)
- Comparative Corporate Tax (A)
- Comparative International Tax
- Comparative Tax Avoidance (A)
- Current Issues in International Tax
- Income Tax Compliance and Enforcement
- International Tax: Anti-Avoidance
- International Tax: Principles and Structure (A)
- International Taxation in the US
- International Tax in the United States (6.25 credit points)
- Special Issues in Tax Treaties
- Tax Reform and Development
- Tax Treaties (A)
- Tax Treaty Interpretation
- Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems (A)
- UK International Tax
Subject options
Tax subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70081 | Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70024 | Corporate Tax A |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70323 | Foundations of Tax Law |
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90130 | Tax Administration | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70002 | Tax of Business and Investment Income |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Specialist Tax subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90167 | Administrative Law in Tax Matters | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70008 | Corporate Tax B | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90232 | Global Digital Tax | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
LAWS70031 | Goods and Services Tax | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70399 | Mineral and Petroleum Tax | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90055 | Not-for-Profits, Law and the State | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70332 | Sport and Taxation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70130 | State Taxes and Duties | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90239 | Superannuation Law and Policy | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70005 | Tax Avoidance and Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90233 | Tax in Practice | May (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
LAWS70266 | Tax Litigation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90236 | Tax of Innovation | June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
LAWS90235 | Tax of Superannuation A | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70318 | Tax Practice: Writing Effectively | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70331 | Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70049 | Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70267 | Taxation of Superannuation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70333 | Taxation of Trusts | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
International and Comparative Tax subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90231 | Chinese Tax Law and Policy | Not available in 2023 | 6.25 |
LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70410 | Comparative Tax Avoidance | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90158 | Current Issues in International Tax | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90176 | Income Tax Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90234 | International Tax in the United States | Not available in 2023 | 6.25 |
LAWS90017 | International Tax: Anti-avoidance | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70006 | International Tax: Principles, Structure |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70124 | International Taxation in the US | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90050 | Special Issues in Tax Treaties | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70146 | Tax Treaties | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90132 | Tax Treaty Interpretation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70203 | Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems | Semester 1 (Extended) (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90054 | UK International Tax | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Other subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90268 | Climate Law, Economics, and Finance | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 10 November 2023