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Master of Tax (742AB) // Course structure
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Ali Noroozi
Melbourne Law Masters
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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
- Corporate Tax B (Consolidation and Losses) (A)
- Goods and Services Tax Principles (A)
- Tax Avoidance and Planning (A)
- Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions (A)
- Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises (A)
- Taxation of Superannuation (A)
- Taxation of Trusts (A)
International and Comparative Tax subjects
- Comparative Corporate Tax (A)
- Comparative Tax Avoidance (A)
- International Tax: Principles and Structure (A)
- Tax Treaties (A)
- Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems (A)
Subject options
Tax subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70081 | Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice |
May (On Campus - Parkville)
October (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70024 | Corporate Tax A |
Semester 1 (Online)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70323 | Foundations of Tax Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS90130 | Tax Administration | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70002 | Tax of Business and Investment Income |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS90345 | Ethics in Tax Practice | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
Specialist Tax subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90167 | Tax Litigation: Admin Law Remedies | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70008 | Corporate Tax B | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70031 | Goods and Services Tax | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70399 | Mineral and Petroleum Tax | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90055 | Not-for-Profits, Law and the State | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90329 | Selected Topics in Transfer Pricing | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70130 | State Taxes and Duties | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70005 | Tax Avoidance and Planning | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70266 | Tax Litigation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70331 | Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70049 | Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70267 | Taxation of Superannuation | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70333 | Taxation of Trusts | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90353 | Governments, Politics and Tax Policy | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90346 | Tax of Employment and Personal Services | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90336 | Taxation for Sustainability | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
International and Comparative Tax subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90158 | Current Issues in International Tax | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90017 | International Tax: Advanced Topics | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70006 | International Tax: Principles, Structure |
May (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70124 | International Taxation in the US | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70146 | Tax Treaties | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90132 | Tax Treaties: International Perspectives | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70203 | Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90340 | Tariffs and Taxes in China | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Further subjects related to course
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS90216 | Cryptoassets in Global Context | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90180 | Multi-level Government | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90239 | Superannuation Law and Policy | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 23 January 2026