Overview of U.K. tax and law
Get up to speed on the U.K. taxation system and the principal areas of English law with our informative course.
If you need to learn about the U.K. taxation system and English law, this course will give you a basic working knowledge in both.
The tax portion of the course explains different types of income, how income taxes are calculated and how taxes are calculated for a resident and a non-U.K. resident.
The law portion of the course provides an overview of English law, its various sources and the court system in which legal disputes are determined
You will learn about:
- basic tax principles
- rules for employment income and taxable trading income
- investment income from land, tax efficient instruments and pension provisions
- differences between individuals carrying on a business and companies
- special rules for service companies
- the difference between civil and criminal law
- contract law
- negligence and the law of tort
- remedies and defences applicable to an action for negligence
- employment law
- different types of business (sole traders, agents, companies, partnerships)
- what happens when a business runs into financial difficulties
Who should attend?
- CPAs who wish to apply for the ACCA designation
- tax professionals with U.K.-based clients
- tax professionals who plan to work in the U.K.