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CLAW3202: Business Tax Strategy in Digital Economy

2022 unit information

The digital economy provides new challenges as well as planning opportunities for multinational enterprises to design their tax strategies. This unit provides an overview of the international tax issues arising from the digital economy, discusses the underlying principles and rules, and analyses the tax strategies commonly adopted by multinational enterprises in the digital economy, including case studies of real life examples of major companies including Amazon, Apple and Google. This unit also analyses government responses to these challenges and tax tactics.

Unit details and rules

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Code CLAW3202
Academic unit
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. Analyse and evaluate alternative tax policies and strategies of multinational enterprises in the digital economy.
  • LO2. Determine the tax implications of various business transactions and structures for digital businesses.
  • LO3. Compute the tax liabilities of business entities and their interest holders.
  • LO4. Refine academic writing skills.

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Remote

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