Assessment Task – Tutorial Questions
Unit Code: HI6028
Unit Name: Taxation Theory, Practice & Law
Assignment: Tutorial Questions
Due: 11:59pm (AEST), Thursday, October 15, 2020
Weighting: 50%
Total Assignment Marks: 50 Marks
Purpose: This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unit
Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the Australian income tax system, the concepts of income and
deductions, taxation of company, GST, general anti-avoidance provisions and income tax
administration, partnership
2. Identify and critically analyse taxation issues;
3. Interpret the relevant taxation legislations and case law;
4. Apply taxation principles to real life problems.
Description: Each week students were provided with three tutorial questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The
tutorial questions are available in the Tutorial Folder, for each week, on Blackboard. The Interactive Tutorials are
designed to assist students with the process, skills and knowledge to answer the provided tutorial questions. Your task
is to answer a selection of tutorial question for weeks 1 to 12 inclusive and submit these answers in a single document.
Submission Directions:
The assignment will be submitted via Blackboard. Each student will be permitted only ONE submission to
Blackboard. You need to ensure that the document submitted is the correct one.
The questions to be answered are;
Question 1 – Week 2 (7 marks)
Pablo is a Portuguese resident employed by a Portuguese company. He is sent to Australia to work on a shortterm project to assist with the establishment of a branch office of the company in Australia. Pablo works in
Australia for one month. Throughout this period, his salary was paid into his Portuguese bank account. During
the year, he earned the equivalent of A$120,000 from his employment. Does Pablo have to pay Australian tax
on any of his salary?
Question 2 – Week 3 (7 marks)
Explain the respective outcomes reached by the courts in the following case involving sales of land: Californian
Copper Syndicate Ltd v Harris
Question 3 – Week 9 (7 marks)
Surfs Up P/L is a national retailer that sells a range of surfing and water sports equipment (surfboards, clothing,
etc.) with an annual turnover of $60 million. Surfs Up purchases “Billapro” surfboards for $440 each from
Billapong P/L, a large manufacturer of surfboards located at Gold Coast with an annual turnover of around $45
million, this was their only sale for the month. Surfs Up plans to sell the Surfboards at a 200% mark-up to its
customers. In October last year it purchased 370 surfboards but a couple of months later (December) they
discovered that 14 of the surfboards were faulty and subsequently returned these faulty surfboards to the
manufacturer, obtaining a full refund. Assume both apply the accrual method of accounting.
Requirement:
Explain the GST consequences of this arrangement for both companies.
Question 4 – Week 10 (11 marks)
Melbourne Awesome Ltd supplies a wide range of folding bicycles. Melbourne Awesome Ltd derives Australian
sourced income for the current tax year comprising net income from trading of $80,000, franked distribution
from public companies amounting to $28,000, (carrying an imputation credit of $12,000), unfranked
distributions from resident private companies amounting to $25,000 and rental income of $5,500. Melbourne
Awesome Ltd also have total deductions (Business Expenses) totaling $55,000.
Required:
Calculate the net tax payable by All Sports Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2019. (Assume company tax rate is
30%)
Question 5 – Week 11 (7 marks)
Discuss the ATO’s ‘Test Case Litigation Program’
Question 6 – Week 12 (11 marks)
Richard is a retired solicitor. His wife Tracy is a retired school teacher. Both wish to remain active and they
invest in a gift shop that is to be managed by their daughter Alice, who is aged 35. They form a partnership
of three called “Alice’s Gift Shop”.
Richard and Tracy contributed $40,000 each to fund the purchase of the shop. The partnership agreement
provides:
• Both Richard and Tracy are to receive interest at the rate of 10% p.a. on their capital
contribution of $40,000.
• Alice will receive a salary of $25,000 for the management of the shop, as well as
superannuation contributions of $6,000.
• A car will be leased by the business and provided to Alice.
• All profits and losses are to be shared equally between the three partners.
The accounts for this income year show the following:
| Income ($) | |
| Sales (excluding GST) | 240,000 |
| Expenses ($) | |
| Cost of goods sold | 130,000 |
| Interest on capital paid to Richard and Tracy | 8,000 |
| Salary to Alice | 25,000 |
| Superannuation to Alice | 6,000 |
| Lease payments on car (excluding GST) | 7,000 |
| Other deductible operating expenses (excluding GST) | 14,000 |
The leased car was used 80% of the time for business and 20% of the time for private purposes.
Required:
With reference to the facts above:
A.Calculate the net income of the partnership.
B.Show the allocation of net income to each of the three partners.
C.You must refer to relevant legislation and/or case law in your answer.
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Table 1: Six categories of Academic Integrity breaches
| Plagiarism | Reproducing the work of someone else without attribution. When a student submits their own work on multiple occasions this is known as self-plagiarism. |
| Collusion | Working with one or more other individuals to complete an assignment, in a way that is not authorised. |
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| Data fabrication and falsification |
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Source: INQAAHE, 2020
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would be dependent on the extent of academic misconduct and your history of academic misconduct issues.
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