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[ 902VTSTSGLU11 ] IK Tax structuring theory

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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
4 ECTS M2 - Master's programme 2. year Business Administration Gernot Aigner 4 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Original study plan Master's programme Master's programme Tax Law and Tax Management 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
  • Students understand the principles and legal foundations of tax planning and structuring and develop a sound understanding of the various national tax systems.
  • Students understand what influence the different types of tax have on the actions of taxpayers in order to be able to make tax-optimized arrangements with knowledge of the tax effects.
  • Students are able to understand the interactions between tax policy and tax structuring strategies and to analyze how changes in tax policy influence structuring options.
  • Students are able to make suitable recommendations for tax planning in various legal and economic contexts, as they can assess the tax implications of different structuring options.
  • Students have an understanding of the most important tax principles and regulations to be observed in the tax-optimized restructuring of companies.
  • Students will be able to typify the different ways of bringing human labour into a company with regard to their treatment under tax and social security law and analyze and compare the consequences of this treatment under tax law in order to choose appropriate organizational procedures in the light of tax and non-tax objectives.
Skills Knowledge
  • Students know the different types of tax and can analyze the effects on the tax burden of individuals and companies (k3).
  • Students are familiar with the scope for tax planning and know how tax planning options can be developed to optimize the tax burden in various scenarios (k4).
  • Students can assess the tax advantages and risks of the various forms of restructuring and make well-founded decisions (k4).
  • Students can carry out those corporate restructuring measures that are advantageous from a tax perspective (k5).
  • Students can develop tax-optimized concepts for entrepreneurs and private investors, taking into account tax and business management aspects (k5).
  • Students develop a good understanding of the tax structuring options for reorganizations and know the various tax effects of restructurings and company transfers and can analyze them (k5).
  • Students will be able to assess various employment and corporate law models of "collaboration" in a company with regard to their tax consequences and their treatment in social security contribution law. They can apply the relevant legal norms in order to determine and compare the specific burden of the respective activity remuneration and evaluate it with regard to its advantages and disadvantages in combination with overriding corporate objectives (k4).
  • Students are familiar with the current legal framework and have knowledge of the applicable tax systems (progressive tax rate, capital gains tax, ImmoEst).
  • Students are familiar with the various forms of income calculation.
  • Students have basic knowledge of the taxation of individuals and legal entities and have an understanding of the organization of corporate structures.
  • Students know the tax-relevant recognition and measurement regulations and options.
  • Students will be familiar with the income tax, corporation tax and VAT regulations governing the taxation of work performed in companies as well as the basic principles of the related social security law and non-wage labor costs.
Criteria for evaluation (*)In die Beurteilung fließen ein: Lösung der vorgegebenen Fallbeispiele; Präsentation eines Steuergestaltungsmodells; schriftliche Klausur sowie Mitarbeit in der Lehrveranstaltung.
Methods (*)Vorbereitung im Selbststudium, Vortrag durch den Lehrenden, Kurzpräsentationen durch die Studierenden.
Language German
Study material (*)JKU Tax (Hrsg), Steuerrecht - studieren und verstehen.

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Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants 30
Assignment procedure Assignment according to priority