Contents Introduction and general administration ............................................................................3 Versioning ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Welcome ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Key contacts ........................................................................................................................................ 4 The Law Faculty website and WebLearn ............................................................................................ 5 The role of the Faculty, College, and University ................................................................................. 5 Graduate Studies Committee ............................................................................................................. 6 Law Board ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Social Sciences Division/University Education Committee ................................................................. 6 Other Committees .............................................................................................................................. 6 Administrative Officers ....................................................................................................................... 7 The Law Faculty and the St Cross Building .......................................................................................... 7 The Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, Saïd Business School ....................................... 7 Student Self-Service ............................................................................................................................ 7 Student Handbook .............................................................................................................................. 8 College Handbooks ............................................................................................................................. 8 Academic Dress ................................................................................................................................... 8 Dates of Term ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Key dates and deadlines ..................................................................................................................... 8 Oxford Students website .................................................................................................................... 9 Visa Information .................................................................................................................................. 9 Funding opportunities ......................................................................................................................... 9 Hardship Funding ................................................................................................................................ 9 Accommodation .................................................................................................................................. 9 The Programme ................................................................................................................. 11 Full title and FHEQ level .................................................................................................................... 11 The broad design of the MSc in Taxation ......................................................................................... 11 Intended learning outcomes ............................................................................................................. 12 Teaching arrangements .................................................................................................................... 13 Timetable .......................................................................................................................................... 14 How to register/change your elective option preferences ............................................................... 14 Programme requirements and permitted combinations of courses ................................................ 15 Tax Principles and Policy ................................................................................................................... 15 Principles of International Taxation .................................................................................................. 16 Tax Research Round Table ................................................................................................................ 17 Advanced EU Tax Law ....................................................................................................................... 17 Comparative Corporate Tax .............................................................................................................. 18 Comparative Tax Systems ................................................................................................................. 18 Current Issues in Taxation ................................................................................................................. 19 Ethical Issues in Tax Practice ............................................................................................................. 19 EU Tax Law ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Tax and Accounting ........................................................................................................................... 20 Tax and Public Policy ......................................................................................................................... 20 Taxation of Corporate Finance .......................................................................................................... 21 Tax Treaties ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Transfer Pricing ................................................................................................................................. 22 UK Corporate Tax .............................................................................................................................. 22 US International Tax .......................................................................................................................... 24 Value Added Tax ............................................................................................................................... 24 Optional Dissertation ........................................................................................................................ 24 Dissertation format ........................................................................................................................... 25 Suspension of status ......................................................................................................................... 27 Changes of course ............................................................................................................................. 27 Teaching and supervision .................................................................................................................. 27 The role of course conveners and tutors for MSc in Taxation options ............................................. 27 The role of the optional dissertation supervisor .............................................................................. 27 The role of the College Advisor ......................................................................................................... 28 The role of the student ..................................................................................................................... 28 Assessment ........................................................................................................................ 28 Formative assessment ...................................................................................................................... 28 Summative Assessment .................................................................................................................... 29 Online submission of summative assessments ................................................................................. 29 Informal Feedback ............................................................................................................................ 29 The format of the examination ......................................................................................................... 30 Procedures for dealing with illegible scripts ..................................................................................... 30 Examination conventions .................................................................................................................. 31 The Examiners’ Edict ......................................................................................................................... 31 Sitting your examination ..................................................................................................................