Tax Notes
COMLAW 301 Notes
Lecturer details
Name: Christopher Spells
Office: Room 560 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. 82148
Email: c.spells@auckland.ac.nz
Name: Audrey Sharp
Office: Room 674 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. 87452
Email: am.sharp@auckland.ac.nz
Name: Chye-Ching Huang
Office: Room 576/2 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. 81644
Email: cc.huang@auckland.ac.nz
Name: Barnard Hutchinson
Office: Room 674 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. Didn’t say
Email: b.hutchinson@auckland.ac.nz
Assessment
Multiple choice tests (2%)
4 of these – 10 marks each
5 questions
Online
Open book
Tutorials (8%)
2% Cecil based – until Sunday 21 March
6%: 7 face to face tutorials
Mid Semester Test (20%) Friday 23 April 6pm 1hr 30 minutes Closed book – but we will be given the question 2 weeks before
Exam (70%) Tuesday 22 June 9:15am – 12:30pm
Exam * Tax avoidance/evasion won’t be covered * 3 sections: * 1: Multiple choice * 10 marks * 10 questions * Similar in nature to the pop quizzes * Cover everything – particularly includes Chye Ching and Craig * 1: Tax return * 25/55 marks * Individual (not a partnership) * Similar to Kathryn and Romy (last semester’s exam) * Very long * Same kinds of issues * 1 or 2 things you won’t have seen, unless you practise other tax return questions * 2: GST and a provisional tax question – choose one * 10 marks * Provisional tax: GST ratio method won’t be covered * Will be a standard uplift question * Highly likely it will be an estimation question (covered extensively in the workshop) * GST: tutorial is very similar * 3: Two other questions – we are not going to be told which ones – choose one * 10 marks (total) * One is a full question * The other has two parts (two separate topics) * No business test
Lecturer details
Name: Christopher Spells
Office: Room 560 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. 82148
Email: c.spells@auckland.ac.nz
Name: Audrey Sharp
Office: Room 674 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. 87452
Email: am.sharp@auckland.ac.nz
Name: Chye-Ching Huang
Office: Room 576/2 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. 81644
Email: cc.huang@auckland.ac.nz
Name: Barnard Hutchinson
Office: Room 674 OGGB
Phone: 373 7599 ext. Didn’t say
Email: b.hutchinson@auckland.ac.nz
Assessment
Multiple choice tests (2%)
4 of these – 10 marks each
5 questions
Online
Open book
Tutorials (8%)
2% Cecil based – until Sunday 21 March
6%: 7 face to face tutorials
Mid Semester Test (20%) Friday 23 April 6pm 1hr 30 minutes Closed book – but we will be given the question 2 weeks before
Exam (70%) Tuesday 22 June 9:15am – 12:30pm
Exam * Tax avoidance/evasion won’t be covered * 3 sections: * 1: Multiple choice * 10 marks * 10 questions * Similar in nature to the pop quizzes * Cover everything – particularly includes Chye Ching and Craig * 1: Tax return * 25/55 marks * Individual (not a partnership) * Similar to Kathryn and Romy (last semester’s exam) * Very long * Same kinds of issues * 1 or 2 things you won’t have seen, unless you practise other tax return questions * 2: GST and a provisional tax question – choose one * 10 marks * Provisional tax: GST ratio method won’t be covered * Will be a standard uplift question * Highly likely it will be an estimation question (covered extensively in the workshop) * GST: tutorial is very similar * 3: Two other questions – we are not going to be told which ones – choose one * 10 marks (total) * One is a full question * The other has two parts (two separate topics) * No business test