Master of Tax (742AB) // Course structure

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

Specialist Tax subjects

International and Comparative Tax subjects

Other subjects

Last updated: 21 February 2025