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LAWS13014 - Revenue Law

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Revenue Law is an important consideration for those engaging in legal practice insofar as issues arising out of revenue law will impact on advice given in a range of different situations. This unit gives an understanding of the underlying concepts of revenue law focusing on the Income Tax Assessment Acts and supporting legislation as well as looking at other important areas of revenue law practice which impact on advice given such as Goods and Services Tax and Fringe Benefits Tax. The unit also considers state taxation, such as stamp duty, land and payroll tax.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: 48 credit points of Law units including LAWS11057.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.52% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student feedback, reviewer reflection.
Feedback
Consider opportunities for further unpacking complex concepts.
Recommendation
Consider opportunities for breaking down complex concepts when they are first introduced.
Action Taken
Students were offered additional live opportunities for further unpacking of complex concepts.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Unit materials available when Moodle went live was beneficial in getting a head start on the unit
Recommendation
Ensure all unit materials and assessment information can be accessed by students the day Moodle goes live.
Action Taken
Unit materials and assessment information were accessible by students before term commencement
Source: Tutor reflection, in-class student feedback
Feedback
Introduce further opportunities for engagement at Zoom workshops
Recommendation
Vary the sessions to include a mixture of tutorial questions, unseen tasks and Q&A sessions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Tutor reflection, in-class student feedback
Feedback
Improvement of study guides
Recommendation
Refresh and add further detail to study guides.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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