LAW UNSW : University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law - Sydney Australia




 


 

Taxation Specialisation

This specialisation in Taxation provides lawyers with the opportunity to gain deeper and specialist knowledge in the dynamic area of taxation.

Students studying the taxation courses through the Australian School of Taxation have the added flexibility of choosing to study some courses by flexible distance mode, weekly face to face classes in Sydney CBD or intensive short courses, usually at UNSW Kensington campus.

Course CodeCourse Name
ATAX0404Asia Pacific Tax Regimes
ATAX0418Consolidations and Group Structures
ATAX0416Current Research Problems in Taxation
ATAX0437Double Tax Agreements
ATAX0422Goods and Services Tax: Design and Structure
ATAX0429International Tax Research
ATAX0408International Tax: Anti Avoidance
ATAX0428International Tax: Design and Structure
ATAX0420Principles of Australian International Tax
ATAX0423Principles of Goods and Services Tax Law
ATAX0440Self Managed Superannuation Funds Law
ATAX0434Specific Tax Jurisdiction: Europe
ATAX0406Tax Administration Process
ATAX0401Tax Policy
ATAX0438Tax Risk Management
ATAX0411Taxation of Capital Gains
ATAX0407Taxation of Corporate Finance
ATAX0403Taxation of Corporations
ATAX0425Taxation of Employee Remuneration
ATAX0455Taxation of Property Transactions
ATAX0410Taxation of Superannuation
ATAX0405Taxation of Trusts
ATAX0427Taxation Strategies in Financial Planning

Candidate Information

  • Candidates for the LLM by Coursework or Graduate Diploma in Law may undertake study incorporating a major sequence in this area of specialisation.
  • From time to time the allocation of courses to major sequences may be altered.
  • The Coordinator of Postgraduate Education may, when considering it appropriate, authorise the inclusion of a Special Elective within, or the deletion of a Special Elective from among, the courses allocated to a major sequence.
  • The Coordinator of Postgraduate Education may, when considering it appropriate, approve as part of an individual student’s major sequence a course or courses taken by that student on a cross-institutional basis.
  • Where a special case is made, or where an individual student’s assessment program for the course concerned is tailored specifically to issues relevant to a major sequence, the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education may approve a course not otherwise allocated to a major sequence as part of that student’s major sequence.
  • The Research Thesis 6uoc course LAWS8423 may be counted towards the units of credit required for a major sequence where, in the opinion of the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education, the subject matter of the thesis topic concerned is substantially related to the specialist area of the major sequence.










Got a query? Contact the PG Team

Director -
Taxation specialisation




Nolan Sharkey

Email                                 
nolan.sharkey@unsw.edu.au


Telephone                         
9385 9539


Office                         
369 Law Building