Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. What is tax law about?

    3. → Introduction to tax law MIND MAP

    4. Key definitions

    5. Key legislation

    6. Note on tax rates and calculations

    1. Overview of income tax

    2. → Overview of income tax MIND MAP

    3. Total taxable income

    4. Personal allowance

    5. Tax deducted at source

    6. Non-savings income

    7. → Non-savings income MIND MAP

    8. Savings income

    9. → Savings income MIND MAP

    10. Dividend income

    11. EXAMPLE: calculating income tax

    12. Tax reliefs

    13. Anti-avoidance provisions

    1. Overview of capital gains tax

    2. → Overview of capital gains MIND MAP

    3. Capital gains

    4. Capital losses

    5. Individuals: rates and reliefs

    6. → Holdover relief MIND MAP

    7. Companies: corporation tax on capital gains

    8. Rollover relief

    9. → Rollover relief MIND MAP

    10. Anti-avoidance provisions

    1. Overview of the taxation of companies

    2. Introduction to the taxation of companies

    3. → Overview of the taxation of companies MIND MAP

    4. Total taxable profits

    5. Capital allowances

    6. Trading losses

    7. Chargeable gains

    8. → Chargeable gains MIND MAP

    9. Capital losses

    10. Payment of corporation tax

    11. Paying interest on a loan

    12. Close companies

    13. → Close companies MIND MAP

    14. Anti-avoidance provisions

    15. Summary: How Principles of Tax apply to the Business Law and Practice FLK

    1. PRACTISE MCQs: Business tax

    1. Overview of value added tax

    2. Introduction to VAT

    3. → Introduction to VAT MIND MAP

    4. How VAT works

    5. → How VAT works MIND MAP

    6. VAT rates and types of supplies

    7. VAT on property transactions

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: VAT

    1. Overview of stamp duties

    2. → Overview of stamp duties MIND MAP

    3. Introduction to stamp duties

    4. SDLT on freehold property

    5. LTT on freehold property

    6. SDLT on leasehold property

    7. PRACTISE MCQs: Stamp duties

    1. Overview of inheritance tax

    2. → Overview of inheritance tax MIND MAP

    3. Introduction to inheritance tax

    4. Calculating the estate

    5. → Calculating the estate MIND MAP

    6. Business Property Relief

    7. Inheritance tax rates

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: Inheritance tax

    1. Instructions

    2. Tax MOCK EXAMS

Tax

  • 70 lessons
  • 30 minutes of video content
  • 15 mind maps

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James Richardson

Co-founder, Senior Lawyer & Academic Author

James is a highly experienced solicitor and academic legal author. He trained and qualified at major transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells, where he worked for years in their Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, and Insurance team. After stints in Hong Kong, Munich, and working as an M&A Underwriter, James moved in-house and is currently Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance at Insurtech scale-up Cuvva.

James also founded and ran Law Answered for a decade, where he published 42 critically-acclaimed revision guides for postgraduate law courses, which have helped tens of thousands of students through their exams.

Connect with James on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jamrichardson

Jake Schogger

Co-founder, Lawyer & Education Expert

Jake Schogger is a best-selling commercial awareness author, ex-Magic Circle lawyer, co-founder of Law Student Academy, and the founder and CEO of legal careers platform Commercial Law Academy.

He trained at Freshfields, then spent years at a boutique law firm advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of corporate, commercial and employment matters. He has also published eight books covering career development and legal education (including two best-sellers), worked extensively as a career coach, and delivered countless employability and skills presentations at leading universities and law firms across the UK.

Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

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