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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
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Estimated learning time |
Total number of hours 150 |
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Face-to-face and/or online activities |
60 |
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- Lecture with practical component |
Face-to-face and online |
15 |
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- Group tutorial |
Face-to-face and online |
45 |
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Supervised project |
40 |
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Independent learning |
50 |
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Recommendations |
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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.
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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. |
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Learning objectives |
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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.
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.
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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
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Teaching methods and general organization |
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The teaching combines:
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Official assessment of learning outcomes |
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The methodology for this subject is largely based on the case theory approach. Therefore, this subject must follow a continuous assessment procedure.
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.
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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
GASCÓN ORIVE, Alfaro, LONGÁS LAFUENTE, Antonio, IVA práctico. 26ª ed. Madrid: Ediciones CEF, 2023
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
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