Area: | School of Business Law |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 5934 (v.4) Legal Environment 560 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Wills, trusts including uses and taxation treatment, power of attorney, distribution of assets of deceased estates, including capital gains tax treatment of such assets, compliance and negligence. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have- Demonstrated estate planning as an essential part of the financial planning process. Identified and understood a number of important areas of estate planning including will planning, powers of attorney, rights of beneficiaries, trusts, distribution of net assets and the capital gains implications of the deceased estate, death aspects of financial products, family law and business succession planning. Become aware of the financial planner's ethicalresponsibility and duty of care to his client. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Australian Master Financial Planning Guide - CCH Australia (Latest Edition). Estate Planning 326/526 Unit Guide. Bentley, Curtin University of Technology. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Case Study 40%, Final Exam 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90911 Taxation Law | HECS Band (if applicable): | 3 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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