Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
Taxation of Personal Income in Canada
ADMS 4561 course outline for all sections
Fall 2014 last updated September 2 2014
1 Contact Information – Course Director
Section
Day
Time
Location
Course Director
address
Section D
Wednesday
4-7 pm
HNE 030
Joanne Magee jmagee@yorku.ca Section E
Thursday
7-10 pm
HNE 035
Margaret
Riggin mriggin@vfmy.com Section F
Wednesday
7-10pm
HNE 032
Joanne
Magee jmagee@yorku.ca 2 Course Description
Together with AK/ADMS 4562 3.0, introduces students to the principles and practice of Canadian taxation and related tax planning, to provide a basic understanding of the Canadian Income Tax Act and its GST implications in relation to individuals.
PREREQUISITES
1) For students in an Honours program, 78 credits including ADMS 3520; 2) or for other students, a grade of C+ or better in the above-listed course.
Students who have taken a course that is similar to ADMS 3520 and would like to know whether it meets the prerequisite requirement should contact the coordinator, Joanne Magee (jmagee@yorku.ca). Students who have taken ADMS 4561 in a prior term also meet the prerequisite. Students not meeting the prerequisite requirement may be dropped from the course. You must resolve your prerequisite situation before October 6, 2014 (i.e., the last day to enrol with permission).
2.1 Important Information:
Read this course outline thoroughly: it has a lot of key information. All students can access lecture notes and other important course information by clicking on the moodle link at https://moodle.yorku.ca/
A schedule setting out the dates of the lectures, assignments and midterms follows under heading 9. The problem sets for each lecture will be discussed in the lectures.
2.2 To prepare for each lecture, we advise the following approach:
(a) Read the lecture notes first.
(b) Attempt the problem set next. Also, for extra practice at the end of