Honours in Business Law and Taxation

This is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time graduate honours program, subject to HECS-HELP for those eligible. Classes will be held on the Caulfield and Clayton campuses and many will be held in the evening.

This program is ideally suited to graduates in disciplines such as Business, Commerce or Law. Graduates in other disciplines such as Arts, Engineering and Science, may be able to enrol with the approval of the course director.

You can enhance your tax and business law profile with only one year's full-time study, or two years part-time and graduate with the Bachelor of Business (Honours).

Course objectives

At the end of the course, students will have:

• developed knowledge and skills in taxation (with the opportunity to further their knowledge in related business law areas) that can be applied in a practical setting;
• developed an understanding of the implications of the integration of revenue law and other areas of law in modern business transactions;
• gained the knowledge and skills in taxation (and related business law areas) to analyse emerging issues and problems which confront business;
• the capacity to understand issues in taxation (and related business law areas) from individual, industry and international perspectives;
• developed an understanding of legislation, case law and income tax rulings applicable to a wide range of current taxation and related business law issues;
• developed taxation law research skills and analytical writing skills concerning the interpretation of taxation law and policy; and
• developed oral presentation skills through participation in class discussions and analysis of complex taxation (and business law) matters.

Requirements/eligibility

Open to graduates who have obtained at least a credit average in their bachelors degree specialising in accounting, business, commerce, economics, law or equivalent. Students would normally have completed a level 3 taxation unit but those who have not done so may still be admitted at the discretion of the course director.

Course structure

The BBus(Hons), specialising in taxation, consists of either:

• six level 4 single semester units (6 point units) and a minor thesis (research report) of 12,000–15,000 words (BTF4900 Research Report),or
• eight level 4 single semester units.

Units may be chosen from:

A) Any of the following level 4 units offered in the graduate tax program. Normally four of these units are offered each year:

BTF4260 Tax administration and policy
BTF4230 Taxation of capital gains
BTF4280 Taxation of international transactions
BTF4300 Contemporary issues in taxation
BTF4220 Taxation of companies and shareholders
BTF4240 Taxation of employees and contractors
BTF4250 Anti-avoidance rules and financial transactions
BTF4580 Taxation law
BTF4200 Income and deductions
BTF4210 Taxation of trusts and partnerships
BTF4290 GST and other indirect taxes
BTF4270 Superannuation and retirement benefits

B) Any of the following other level 4 units offered by the Department of Business Law and Taxation:

BTX4150 Advanced taxation
BTX4180 Securities regulation
BTX4001 Financial institutions law
BTX4031 Insurance law
BTX4100 Corporate environmental responsibility
BTF4310 Research project

C) Up to two of the following units offered by the Department that have honours level assessment:

BTC4316 Malaysian taxation law
BTC4319 Asian business law
BTC4320 Finance law
BTC4330 Marketing law
BTC4364 Information technology law
BTC4373 Industrial bargaining and arbitration

The above seven units are held at the Clayton campus.

Contact us

Dr Bill Orow
Tel: + 61 3 9903 1544
Fax: +61 3 9903 2292