Certificate in Applied Tax
Define leadership and commercial skills
The Certificate in Applied Tax is our intermediate course that provides the skills to manage complex tax compliance affairs and planning issues for those with two or more years of tax experience or as an alternative to the CA Program Tax Module or CPA Tax Segment.
Highly regarded by employers and developed and delivered by practitioners, Applied Tax provides candidates the opportunity to develop technical knowledge and application of tax law across all areas of tax.
This course will also contribute to the two-semester Course in Australian Taxation Law as approved by the Tax Practitioners Board to register as a tax agent (conditions apply). Refer to our Diploma in Australian Taxation Law award for more information.
Who is it for?
What you will learn
Course structure (30 CPD hours)
Exemptions and recognition
Aligning with CA Program
Register your interest
Who is it for?
This course is designed to deliver learning outcomes at a postgraduate level and is ideal if you are already working in tax with approximately two or more years relevant Australian tax experience.
There are no enforced prerequisites for enrolling in this course; however we recommend you are an accountant or lawyer with two or more years of practical Australian tax experience.
What you will learn
After successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- complete accurate and compliant tax returns for individuals and businesses with complex affairs
- extract relevant data from business client interviews and complex and extended sources
- evaluate alternative tax strategies
- apply legislation and procedures for tax compliance including non-tax impacts (assurance, financial reporting and business planning)
- display confident, professional, ethical and commercial values and skills
- prepare complex tax planning issues for the approval of senior staff
- distinguish between accounting and tax treatment of receipts/income and expenses/deductions
- prepare non-complex company returns on various transactions.
Course structure (30 CPD hours)
- Approximately 20 weeks (132 hours)
- Face-to-face lectures or distance mode of study available
- Nine learning modules: Ethics, CGT, Corporate Tax, Partnerships and Trusts, GST, Superannuation, FBT, International Tax and Tax Strategies.
- Assessment includes assignment and final exam.
For more detailed course information refer to our candidate portal: www.taxeducation.com.au
Exemptions and Recognition
The Tax Institute has established recognition with selected universities and professional associations for its courses. Graduates of Applied Tax will gain:
- exemption for the CA Program Tax Module offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. All other entry requirements to the CA Program must be satisfied.
- exemption from the Tax Segment of the CPA Australia Program
- 6 units of credit for one of the following postgraduate taxation programs offered by the UNSW Australia School of Taxation (Atax):
- Graduate Diploma of Advanced Taxation; or
- Master of Taxation; or
- Master of International Taxation
- credit for the capstone income tax unit Taxation 531 in the Curtin University, School of Business and Law:
- Graduate Certificate in Taxation
- Postgraduate Diploma of Commerce (Taxation).
Candidates may also complete this course to contribute to the two-semester Course in Australian taxation law as approved by the Tax Practitioners Board to register as a tax agent (conditions apply). Click here for more information.
Graduates of Applied Tax satisfies one of the criteria for voting membership as an Associate member of The Tax Institute.
Aligning with CA Program
Many candidates choose to align their Applied Tax studies with the CA Program. We have suggested pathways to fit our Applied Tax course with the CA Program. Click here for suggested schedule.
Alternatively, please call us on +61 2 8223 0038 for more information or email us at taxeducation@taxinstitute.com.au.
