HI6028 Taxation, Theory, Practice &
Law
T1, 2017 ASSIGNMENT 2
Due date: Week 10
Due date: Week 10 (Block Mode)
Maximum marks: 20 (20%)
Instructions:
This assignment is to be submitted by the due date in both soft-copy (Safeassign – Bb). Report hard copy assignment should be submitted at the time of presentation.
The assignment is to be submitted in accordance with assessment policy stated in the Subject Outline and Student Handbook.
It is the responsibility of the student submitting the work to ensure that the work is in fact his/her own work. Ensure that when incorporating the works of others into your submission that it appropriately acknowledged.
Group assignment – students are to group themselves to a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 students per group.
Research only one of the following Australian cases involving a Taxation issue:
1. Weeks v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (25 January 2013) (25 January 2013)
2. Sanctuary Lakes Pty Ltd v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (24 May 2013) (24 May 2013)
3. Azer v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (4 July 2016) (1 July 2016)
4. Walker v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (14 March 2017) (14 March 2017)
5. Kael v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (20 January 2017) (20 January 2017)
6. Vo v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (26 May 2015) (26 May 2015)
7. Bond v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (25 March 2015) (25 March 2015)
8. Re Excellar Pty Ltd and Federal Commission of Taxation - (30 April 2015) (30 April 2015)
9. Bywater Investments Ltd and Others v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation* - (11 December 2015) (11 December 2015)
10. Aurora Developments Pty Ltd v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation - (18 March
2011) (18 March 2011)
Write a report outlining the following:
• Case introduction.
• Outline the Sections breached and explain why those sections were breached.
• Discuss and critically ANALYSE the court/tribunal decision and the reason for the decision in view of the corresponding Act (e.g. GST, FBT, etc)
• Present the report in class. All members must present on the day or a fail will be recorded. Presentations will be of a maximum of 5 minutes.
• Your lecturer will let you know when you have to present.
Maximum word limit – 2,000 words. Proper referencing in accordance with school regulations. Submit group assignment on-line (must do Safe Assign Check). Only one group member will submit the final submission.
NO SAFE ASSIGN AND/OR NO SIGNED COVER SHEET WORK WILL NOT BE CORRECTED AND THE GROUP WILL HAVE A MARK OF 0 (ZERO). GROUPS OF LESS THAN 3 AND MORE THAN 5 PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE A PENALTY OF 10 POINTS.