ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
COP4221 | PWC – Taxation of International Trade | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. FİGEN TÜRÜDÜOĞLU |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to provide an understanding for the students who would like to improve their knowledge and insight about the implementation of tax system across the world. Furthermore, it informs about taxation and customs procedure within applicable agreements and recent/further developments of taxation in international trade. Course will be corroborated with experienced case examples in order to interpret legal issues. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) the tax system in Turkey, tax technology, taxes applied to persons and corporations 2) the meaning, documentation and scope of customs tariff 3) the importance of customs and taxation principles on the growth/expansion decision of internatonal companies 4) the general functioning of international tax system , the principles of transfer pricing, sanctions, restrictions, permissions 5) the effect of customs and taxation principles on the growth/expansion decision of internatonal companies 6) the significant international trade agreements that Turkey included or not |
This course is designed to provide an introduction to principles, procedures and practices about the taxation and customs aspects of international trade. The objectives include principles and practices used by taxpayers and occupied with import and export activities. Special emphasis is given on laws related to taxation and agreements/ cumulation group which facilitated international trade. This course will be supported by technological developments available for gathering, summarizing, analyzing and interpreting the data presented in Corporate tax, VAT, Indirect Tax and other information related with international taxation. Also it emphasizes ethical and legal aspects and considerations. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction • Definitions • Historical Background • International Position of Turkey • Agreements/Unions that Turkey included (GATT/OECD/Customs Union/FTA etc.) • Taxation Models in the World and Turkey | |
2) | Introduction and Basics Introduction to Global Taxation Models • Revenue Based Taxes • Sales Taxes (GST, VAT) (General Logic of VAT across the world) • Customs Taxes • Excise Taxes | |
3) | Introduction to General Principles of Taxation in Turkey • Income Tax • Corporate Income Tax • VAT • Customs Taxes | |
4) | Customs Taxation Principles • Customs Tariff • Customs Value • Origin of Goods • Applicable Customs Taxes in Turkey | |
5) | Customs Tariff Determination • Customs Tariff Interpretation Rules • Binding Tariff Information | |
6) | Customs Value Concept • Determination of Customs Value • Adjustment of Custom Value for Customs Taxation | |
7) | Regional Free Trade Agreements Analysis • Effects of FTAs on International Trade • FTAs that Turkey Included • Worldwide Applicable FTAs that are in force (NAFTA, ASEAN, APEC etc.) | |
8) | Implications of Origin Rules • Commercial Origin (non-preferential) • Cumulation Systems (WBOC / PEMOC) • Preferential Origin • Origin Calculation and Proof Documentation | |
9) | Sanctions, Restrictions, Permissions • Export Controls • Permissions for import/export • Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties | |
10) | Principles of VAT • General Principles of VAT • Withholding VAT • Exemptions | |
11) | International Tax Issues • Taxation Matters on International Corporate Structuring • Concept of Transfer Pricing • BEPS • VCT | |
12) | International Tax Treaties • Main Purpose of International Tax Treaties • Tax Treaties that Turkey is a party | |
13) | Tax Technologies • Global Trend in Tax • Authorities’ Approach • Companies Approach | |
14) | Latest Developments in International Tax / Future of Taxation |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders Kitapları 1) Eropean Tax Law - Sixth Edition - Ben Terra & Peter Wattel 2) Customs Law of the European Union - 4th edition - Massimo Fabio PwC Business School Training Sunumları (Ders Notları) Temel Vergi Eğitimi -------------------------------------------Hafta 10 / Hafta 3 Genel Dış Ticaret Eğitimi ------------------------------------Hafta 4 / Hafta 5 / Hafta 6 / Hafta 7 / Hafta 8 / Hafta 9 Gümrük Uygulamalarında Sık Yapılan Hatalar --------Hafta 4 / Hafta 6 / Hafta 7 / Hafta 8 Gümrük İncelemeleri ------------------------------------------Hafta 6 / Hafta 7 / Hafta 8 Gümrük Mevuzatı ve Uygulamaları ------------------------Hafta 9 Transfer Fiyatlandırması Semineri ------------------------Hafta 11 Vergi Teknolojileri --------------------------------------------- Hafta 13 / Hafta 14 |
References: | PwC Global Yayınları 1) Paying Taxes 2016 2) Paying Taxes 2017 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 7 | 98 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 144 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 4 |
3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 4 |
6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 3 |
7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 1 |
9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 4 |
10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |