Master of Taxation Law (coursework or coursework and dissertation) (21550)

The University of Western Australia

About

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.This is a specialist degree in Taxation Law at a master's degree level, which will provide a detailed understanding of a range of taxation subjects relevant to tax law practice in Australia and internationally.

It will give students the advanced technical skills they need as tax practitioners.

Students will be able to select units covering advanced domestic taxation law and cutting edge cross-border and international taxation issues.

Structure

KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.

Take all units (12 points):

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS	CONTACT HOURS
NS	LAWS5236	Advanced Australian Corporate Taxation		Students must attend every day of the intensive period, 5-8 May. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5237	Advanced Australian International Taxation		This unit will be delivered online. Further information will be available in the unit outline however students can expect interactive classes from 7-10 July.

Take units to the value of 24-36 points from this group.

Group A

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS	CONTACT HOURS
N/A	LAWS5231	Advanced Capital Gains Tax		This unit will next run 2021
N/A	LAWS5232	Double Tax Agreements and International Tax Law
NS	LAWS5233	Base Erosion, Profit Shifting and Transfer Pricing		Students must attend every day of the intensive period 2-5 June. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5234	Taxation of Trusts		Students must attend every day of the intensive period 6-9 October. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5235	Taxation Law of a Foreign State		Students must attend every day of the intensive period, 24-27 November. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5238	Goods and Services Taxation		Students must attend every day of the intensive period 10-13 March. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5239	Resource Taxation		Students must attend every day of the intensive period 17-18 and 24-25 September. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
N/A	LAWS5240	Tax Dispute Resolution
S1, S2	LAWS5694	Research Paper I	Prerequisites: For Master of Public Policy or Graduate Certificate of Public Policy students without a recognised Law degree: LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions.	This research unit involves unstructured contact with a supervisor throughout the semester.
N/A	LAWS5813	Legal Issues for Not-for-Profit Entities	Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics); for all other students: LAWS4103 Contract (formerly LAWS5103 Contract) or equivalent Bachelor of Law unit	Students must attend every day of the intensive period. Refer to the timetable website for further information.

Take units to the value of 0-12 points from this group.

Group B

AVAILABILITY	UNITCODE	UNITNAME	UNIT REQUIREMENTS	CONTACT HOURS
NS	LAWS5111	Corporate Governance for Resources Companies		Students must attend every day of the intensive period 5-7 May. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
S2	LAWS5132	Income Taxation Law	Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics) Incompatibility: LAWS3362 Income Taxation Law	lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 5 x 2 hours
N/A	LAWS5135	Select Topics in Insurance Law	Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Graduate Diploma in Insurance law students: LAWS5890 Insurance Claims and Dispute Resolution and LAWS5891 Principles and Practice of General Insurance Law or LAWS5892 Principles and Practice of Life Insurance Law OR a completed Law degree Incompatibility: LAWS3383 Insurance Law	Teaching dates for this unit are 6-9 July. Please refer to the timetable website for session times and venues. Attendance at all sessions is mandatory.
S1	LAWS5176	Australian Financial Transactions Law and Regulation	Prerequisites: for Master of Commercial and Resources Law and Master of Taxation Law students: nil; for Master of Applied Finance students: FINA5520 Risk Management and Financial Instruments and FINA5521 Quantitative Methods in Finance and FINA5524 Trading and Markets and ECON5506 The Economics of Financial Markets	3 hours per week
NS	LAWS5210	Working with China: Business in a Socio-legal Context	Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics);	This unit will be offered fully online. Pre-reading will commence June 22nd. Interactive classes will run 6-17 July. Further information is available on LMS.
NS	LAWS5224	Foundations of Public International Law	Prerequisites: For Master of Public Policy or Graduate Certificate of Public Policy students without a recognised Law degree: LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions.	Teaching dates for this unit are 26, 27 and 28 February. Please refer to the timetable website for session times and venues. Attendance at all sessions is mandatory.
N/A	LAWS5305	Mediation: Practice and Skills		Students must attend every day of the intensive period Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
N/A	LAWS5507	International Oil and Gas Law
NS	LAWS5517	Mining Law	Incompatibility: LAWS3371 Mining and Energy Law (formerly 200.371 Mining and Energy Law 371), LAWS5144 Mining and Energy Law	Students must attend every day of the intensive period 28-30 October Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5532	Oil and Gas Agreements		Students must attend every day of the intensive period 11-13 November. Refer to the timetable website for further information.
NS	LAWS5576	International Commercial Arbitration	Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS3307 International Commercial Arbitration, LAWS6576 International Commercial Arbitration	Students must attend every day of the intensive period Monday 28 September to Friday 2 October. Refer to the timetable website for further information.

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

Entry requirements

4.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(1) (a) a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;

(2) (a) (i) a bachelor's degree in a cognate area, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA, and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;

(3) (a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA, and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent, and (iii) at least two years of relevant professional experience.

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