Posted: May 13th, 2018

Taxation assessment

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Tax 231
Written Assessment
Worth
15%
Monday 7th
October @ 5pm

Henry
told us in his guide to the Institutional Framework of Taxation in Australia
that the Australian Taxation System is one of the most complex in the world and
is made up of approximately 125 taxes including taxes such as Income Tax,
Capital Gains Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax and Goods and Services Tax just to name
a few. He also mentioned that there are
many different organisations that play different and varied roles within this
system to ensure its integrity and all Australians are equally treated with
equity.
The
Australian Taxation System is embedded in the way of life for all Australian taxpayers,
we pay tax on our income, we pay tax when we purchase goods and use services,
we pay tax when we sell assets and this is just to name a few.
It
is important that you as a future tax professional understand how this system
impacts on yourself and those around you and this can be seen from paying
attention to media reports.
This
assessment is in two parts –
Part
One
You
are required from week 1 to week 8 to review Australian newspapers such as the
West Australian, Financial Review, The Australian, Sunday Times and various
others for articles on Australian Tax.
Please cut them out as they will need to be handed in with your
assignment. If you do not have access to
Australian Newspapers for examples you are an overseas student or have
financial issues then you may use the Factiva Database within the Curtin
Library. A factsheet on how to use this
database in attached.
5
marks will be allocated for this task.
Part
Two
After
spending 8 weeks reading newspapers on the Australian Taxation System, you should
have started to develop your own view of the system and how the system is used
for different purposes.
For
example many consider that it is used as a political tool by governments and
other political parties, that it is far too complex and the average Australian
does not fully understand their taxation obligations, that the organisations
that are responsible for administrating the system are overloaded already. Whilst others have a strong view that the
system is one of the best in the world and that its function is to raise money
for public goods and without tax we do not have a civilised society. These are just a few observations and there
are many more and if you speak to a number of different people you will get
very wide ranging opinions.
But
this assignment is based on your opinion of the Australian Taxation
System.
The
requirements of the assignment for part two is to produce a 1000 to 1500 word
essay on your opinion of the Australian Taxation System which is based on your
findings from the Australian newspapers and any other research you may want to
undertake.
10
marks will be allocated for this task.

Criteria for Marking
Assignments
This
gives you an idea of what we are looking for when marking the assessments
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Cover Page
Unit
Title, assignment number, due date
Lecturers
name, Student name and ID
Contact
Address and Email Address

Structure
Introduction
to assignment
Content
of body (detailed)
Conclusion
to assignment
Appropriate
sentence structure
Correct
grammar, spelling and punctuation
Appropriate
use of language
Paragraph
sizes appropriate
Font
size readability
Appropriate
line spacing
Appropriate
headings and sub-headings
Pagination
Consistent
format

Content
Evidence
of appropriate reading on the areas required
Shows
an understanding of the topics
Shows
conceptual understanding of the issued involved in the assignment
Shows
ability to analyse the issues involved in the assignment
Shows
ability to convey to marker an understanding of the issues
Shows
an understanding of the legal issues involved
Shows
an ability to think broadly
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understanding of relevant legislation, rulings, etc
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all relevant documentation and attachments that is required within the
assignment to back up theory

Referencing
Refers
to sections of legislation (where appropriate)
Refers
to legal cases (where appropriate)
Uses
correct method of citing legislation and cases
References
appropriate and current
Uses
references to identify sources of information and acknowledges such sources
Bibliography
at the end indicating materials read/used

Assignment Submission Process

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Please read the submission process carefully. Students should understand
that compliance with instructions in relation to an assessment task is
critical. Students MUST be aware that non-compliance with these instructions
can result in a mark of ZERO.
All assignments must be submitted by 5pm (western standard time) on the Monday
of the week the assignment is due.
Students will also be required to submit their assignment to Blackboard.
The assignment will automatically be submitted to the plagiarism detection
programme, Turnitin.

What is Turnitin?
Turnitin is an electronic text matching system that compares text in a
student’s assignment against electronic text on the Internet, in published
works, on commercial databases, and in assignments previously submitted to
Turnitin by students in universities all over the world, including assignments
obtained from ‘paper mills’ (Internet sites which sell student papers).

Students and Turnitin
Turnitin is a
fantastic resource to assist students with their referencing. Students are
given the option to submit a draft assignment into Turnitin (via
Blackboard) to retrieve an originality report of their assignment. The
originality report is a tool to help locate potential sources of unoriginal
work in submitted documents by highlighting similarities between the submitted
text and the data in the Turinitin database.
Submitting a draft
assignment and reviewing the originality reports provides students with the
opportunity to ensure their assignment is referenced appropriately, and to make
any necessary changes.
Please note that
the similarity percentage that an originality report generates is
not a measure of plagiarism, provided students have referenced the relevant
primary sources which they obtained their information and ideas from correctly.

Submitting
a draft assignment to view originality report

1. Log into the Taxation 231 Blackboard site. Open
the ‘Assessment’ folder.

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