FISCAL LAW
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
- Contents
- Bibliography
- Delivery method
- Teaching methods
In order to sit for this exam, it has suggested the acquisition ECTS in Commercial Law.
The exam will consists of an oral exam, which can be accessed only after passing a multiple choice test (students must answer in a positive way at least 12 questions put of 15). Both the written test and the oral test are based on the contents analysed during the course. During the axamination students can not consult the tax code. The written test lasts 30 minutes and is corrected immediately by the Commission. The outcome is comunicated to the students after the correction. The vision of the tests with insufficient results, a thechoice of the teacher, can take place at the end of the correction or on a subsequent day.
The oral exam focuses on 5/6 questions related to the program of the course and aimsat veifyng the main topics of the course.
The duration of theoral exam (10/20 minutes) varies depending on the preparation of the student (brief if he demonstrates mastery of the topics).
To acquire sufficiency (18-20 / 30) it is necessary a frank knoledge of the essential elements of the tax system and of income taxes, exposed with a techical and approrpiate language.
The vote of:
- 20-24 /30 is assigned to those who also demonstrate a good knowledge of the principles, criteria for determining income and taxes and income categories;
- 25-27 / 30 is assigned to those who demnstrate critical analysis skills.
- 28-30 / 30 is assigned to those who deminstrate excellent knowledge and exposure of the subject, critical analysis, interdiciplinary connection skills.
In case of full mastery of the topics, of critical analysis skills and of Mastering the legal and technical Language, the teacher can give the full mark with distinction (cum laude)
There are no differences as for the program and the bibliography for attending and no-atteding students.
There are no additional assessments.
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of the fundamental principles of the Italian tax system, the essential elements of direct taxes (IRPEF and IRES) and the criteria that govern their determination, as well as a detailed knowledge of the income categories that contribute to forming the IRPEF tax base and IRES.
The student must be able to qualify and determine the income categories that can contribute to form the total income (land, capital, self-employment and employee, business and other).
The course, after having examined the fundamentals of the Italian tax system, with particular regard to its sources and its inspiring principles, has as object the study and the deepening of the tax regulations on incomes, with particular attention to income categories.
The program is as it follows
The principle of reserve of law (Article 23 of the Constitution)
The sources and the Statute of taxpayers' rights
The notion of tax (essential elements, exclusions, exemptions, assimilations)
The applicable EU tax principles
The principles of ability to pay (Article 53 of the Constitution) and impartiality and good performance of the Public Administration (Article 97 of the Constitution)
The statement
IRPEF and IRES
presupposition
passive subjects
fiscal residence and stable organization
tax base
income generated in associated form
tax period
determination of total income, regulation of losses, deductible expenses
determination of the tax, deductible charges
separate taxation
application of the tax to non-residents
The categories of income
land income
income from employees and self-employed
capital income and other
business income:
notion of tax entrepreneur;
determination of income (simplified and ordinary accounting) and criteria that govern its determination - art. 109. TUIR;
the assets relating to the company;
positive components of business income: in particular revenues, capital gains, the institution of participation exemption, interest dividends, property income;
negative components: in particular the depreciation of tangible, intangible and freely transferable assets, provisions.
The first 20 hours of the course are devoted to illustrating the general principles of tax law and the fundamental elements of income taxes. The next 20 hours are dedicated to the analysis of the individual income categories (3 hours for each type, except for the business income to which at least 6 hours are reserved).
Francesco Tesauro, Compendio di diritto tributario, Milano 2020
Capitoli dal Primo al Settimo.
Francesco Tesauro, Istituzioni di diritto tributario. Parte Speciale, Milano, 2019.
Capitoli da Primo, Secondo, Terzo (sino a p. 152), Quarto, Undicesimo, Dodicesimo.
The course provides interactive lessons through the Microsoft Teams platform. During classes students have use the Tax Code (the most up-to-date).