Late submissions of assignments

Sometimes unavoidable circumstances occur that might prevent you from submitting an assignment on time and, in that case, you may be eligible to lodge a Special Consideration request.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, please note that no extensions to assignment deadlines will be granted. Assignments that are submitted late will attract a late penalty:

1. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late.
2. No assignment will be accepted more than 72 hours after the due date and time (incl. weekends) after the original due date.
3. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments (e.g., quizzes, online tests) or for tasks with a weighting of 10% or less of the total unit assessment.

Classes    

·         The thirteen three-hour seminars will consist of a 2 hour lecture and 1 hour seminar component each week as detailed later in this unit guide. 

·         The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at:  http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/

·         Class attendance for this unit is compulsory.

Staff teaching in the unit will be available for individual consultation with students. A timetable of when staff will be available will be posted on the unit’s iLearn site.

Students experiencing significant difficulties with any topic in the unit must seek assistance immediately. You are encouraged to seek help at a time that is convenient to you from a staff member teaching on this unit during their regular consultation hours. In special circumstances, an appointment may be made outside regular consultation hours.  

Lecturer consultation sessions will be run online via Zoom.

Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials

Prescribed textbooks:

• Bevacqua, Morton, Xu, Devos, Marsden and Whait  Australian Taxation, 1st Updated Edition

• Barkoczy, S. Core Tax Legislation and Study Guide 2022 Cambridge University Press.

All students must purchase the prescribed texts.

Recommended textbooks:

The following is not specifically required but may be used for additional reading.

• Australian Master Tax Guide 2022 70th Edition CCH

• Mortimer and Toutountzis,Tax Questions & Answers 2022 (Thomson Reuters, 2022).

• Sadiq, Australian Taxation Law Cases 2022 (Thomson Reuters, 2022)

Additional Resources: 

The University library has numerous resources relating to taxation law however you may find particularly useful the on-line resources ‘Tax’ resources available through the library databases, specifically CCH-Online.

Additional resources will be made available on the iLearn unit website for you to download and read.

Unit Web Page  

You can directly access the Unit Guide, and the Assessment Guide, the current lecture outlines, Zoom recordings, announcements related to the unit, library and other useful websites via the ACCG8124’s iLearn site.

Learning and Teaching Activities   

Each week, lecture notes will be placed on iLearn before the class. These notes are only the core notes and they are NOT intended to stand alone nor in place of lecture attendance. They are provided for your convenience. You must also properly construct your own notes based on your own readings and any additional comments, supplements and corrections to these notes which may occur during lectures and which you MUST attend. The Lectures will be recorded on a weekly basis.

You are not entitled to rely on lecturer provided notes for full study purposes nor as the final indicator of exam content. You are required to and expected to read all text and legislative references and also to take into account comments, additional materials and illustrations and examples which may also be given in lectures.

It is expected that ALL students have prepared answers to each week’s presentation questions PRIOR to the seminar.