Course Title: Prepare complex tax returns

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6113

Course Title: Prepare complex tax returns

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 60.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ACCT5318C

City Campus

TAFE

650T TAFE Business

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2012

Course Contact: Bruce Phillips

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99255735

Course Contact Email: bruce.phillips@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify taxation requirements for complex lodgements and returns, gather, analyse and process taxation related data to prepare taxation returns and lodgements, and review compliance. This unit has application to a variety of financial services sectors and is applicable to individuals working within enterprises and job roles subject to licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements. The Tax Practitioner’s Board has set specific educational and experience requirements for registration of tax agents that must be met.

If you are undertaking this course in Melbourne from semester 2, 2012 onwards your teacher will advise you if you require access to a computer for the course. It is recommended that you have access to a mobile computing device to allow greater flexibility in terms of where you can work on campus outside class times.



 


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None. 



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

FNSACC601A Prepare complex tax returns

Elements:

1. Identify taxation requirements for complex lodgements and returns
2. Gather and analyse taxation related data
3. Process data and prepare tax returns and lodgements
4. Review taxation lodgement compliance


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework, assignments, group and/or individual projects, in class exercises, written and practical tests, problem solving exercises, presentations, direct observation of actual and simulated work practice, presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files, review of products produced through work-based or course activities.

Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met. Students will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check their progress.