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General information

 

Course unit name: Advanced Business Taxation

Course unit code: 364586

Academic year: 2025-2026

Coordinator: Jose Maria Duran Cabre

Department: Department of Economics

Credits: 6

Single program: S

 

 

Estimated learning time

Total number of hours 150

 

Face-to-face and/or online activities

60

 

-  Lecture with practical component

Face-to-face and online

 

15

 

-  Group tutorial

Face-to-face and online

 

45

Supervised project

40

Independent learning

50

 

 

Recommendations

 

Due to the content and methodology of the subject, it is recommended to have previously taken and passed the subject Taxation of the Company, with a minimum grade of 7.5. 

To obtain a complete view of taxation, it is recommended to take International Taxation, an optional subject.

 

 

Competences / Learning outcomes to be gained during study

 

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To be able to make financial and business decisions, taking into account the current economic situation.

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To calculate the main tax liabilities related to business decisions on tax issues.

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To identify the economic agents that make up an economy and to understand how they interrelate so as to take economic decisions with full awareness of their effects.

Learning objectives

 

Referring to knowledge

— Know how to apply the main direct and indirect taxes levied on companies in real cases, while appraising the different alternatives permitted under the regulations and making the best decision according to the circumstances of each case.

— Know how to interpret the documentation of the companies that are relevant for the purposes of complying with the main tax instruments.

 

Referring to abilities, skills

— Learn to undertake a study of real cases of companies based on the documentation provided and under the tutorship of faculty members.

— Learn to draft a written report on the cases studied, identifying the circumstances relevant to each case and the decisions to be made.

— Learn to present and defend in public studies undertaken and submitted for scrutiny.

— Learn to work in groups.

 

 

Teaching blocks

 

Direct taxation

Unit 1. Personal income tax

1. Nature, object and territorial scope of tax

2. Subject-to-tax provisions: material, personal and temporal aspects 

3. Definition and determination of different sources of taxable income: income from work, income from capital, income from economic activities, capital gains and losses (tax base)

4. Income from economic activities: determination of net income
4.1. Normal direct estimation
4.2. Simplified direct estimation
4.3. Objective estimation

5. Special valuation rules

6. Income integration and compensation

7. Tax basis: reductions in the tax base

8. Personal and family minimum

9. Calculation of tax: state and regional quotas; deductions applied to quotas

10. Taxation of the family unit

11. Special regimes

12. Tax management: payments on account

Unit 2. Corporation tax

1. Regulations, nature and scope

2. Taxable event

3. Taxable person

4. Tax base
4.1. Concept and determination 
4.2. Book income and tax income: off-balance sheet reconciliations 
4.3. Depreciation and amortisation
4.4. Adjustments due to impairment and provisions
4.5. Non-deductible expenses
4.6. Valuation rules
4.6.1. General rule and special rules
4.6.2. Exemption of dividends and capital gains
4.6.3. Related party transactions
4.6.4. Limitation on the deduction of financial expenses
4.6.5. Temporary allocation of income and expenses
4.7. Compensation for negative tax bases

5. Tax period and accruals

6. Tax type and quota
6.1. Tax type and total tax due
6.2. Deductions to avoid double taxation
6.3. Deductions to encourage certain activities

7. Special regime: small companies

8. Tax management: payments on account

Indirect tax

Unit 3. Value added tax

1. Regulations and scope

2. Taxable event
2.1. Provision of goods and services
2.1.1. General concepts and specific cases
2.1.2. Own consumption
2.1.3. Non-liability
2.2. Intra-community acquisitions
2.2.1. Intra-community operations
2.2.2. Concept of acquisitions and integral elements
2.3. Imports

3. Exemptions
3.1. Limited exemptions 
3.2. Full exemptions 

4. Place of taxable event
4.1. Provision of goods
4.2. Provision of services

5. Accruals

6. Tax base
6.1. General rule 
6.2. Special rules
6.3. Modification of tax base 

7. Taxable person
7.1. Concept: modalities 
7.2. Impact

8. Tax rates

9. Deductions 
9.1. Requirements 
9.2. Exemptions and restrictions on right to deduct 
9.3. Exercising the right to deduct 
9.4. Deduction in different sectors of activity
9.5. Pro-rata rule 
9.5.1. General pro-rata 
9.5.2. Special pro-rata 
9.5.3. Special deduction applicable to investments

10. Refunds

 

 

Teaching methods and general organization

 

The teaching combines:

— Lectures to review the fundamental concepts of taxation of the company and introduce new concepts.

— Practical sessions to explain the documentation submitted on different real cases to be studied.

— Practical sessions to monitor the assignment completed by students under the lecturer’s supervision.

— Sessions to present the assignments submitted by students.

 

 

Official assessment of learning outcomes

 

The methodology for this subject is largely based on the case theory approach. Therefore, this subject must follow a continuous assessment procedure.

The continuous assessment grade comprises the following activities: class attendance and participation (10% of the grade), case studies under the lecturer’s supervision (20%), presentation of the assignments (20%) and the content of the assignments (50%).


Repeat assessment

Students who fail the subject are entitled to repeat assessment through an examination similar to the single assessment exam. The marks previously obtained are not taken into account.

Bridging course for the official master’s degree in Accounting and Taxation

The assessment system is adapted to the characteristics of this group, as the subject is offered as a bridging course.

 

Examination-based assessment

The methodology for this subject is largely based on the case theory approach. Therefore, this subject must follow a continuous assessment procedure with a final examination.

Students who renounce continuous assessment sit a final oral examination on theory and practice in front of an examination panel that includes the lecturer of the subject group.

Repeat assessment

Students who fail the subject are entitled to repeat assessment through an examination similar to the single assessment exam.

 

 

Reading and study resources

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Book

ALBI IBAÑEZ, Emilio. PAREDES, R.; RODRÍGUEZ, J.A. Sistema fiscal español I y II. 14ª ed. act. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel, 2023

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GASCÓN ORIVE, Alfaro, LONGÁS LAFUENTE, Antonio,  IVA práctico. 26ª ed. Madrid: Ediciones CEF, 2023

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ALONSO ALONSO, Roberto. (Dir.) Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas e Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio. Casos prácticos. 12ª ed., Gabinete Juridico del CEF. Madrid: Ediciones CEF, 2023

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BORRÁS AMBLAR, Fernando; NAVARRO ALCÁZAR, José Vicente.  Impuesto sobre sociedades (1). Régimen general. Comentarios y casos prácticos. 2019.  12ª ed.  Madrid: Centro de Estudios Financieros, 2023

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