Program Overview

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Graduate Diploma in Taxation Law

About the course

This advanced program is designed to give tax professionals the expertise necessary to specialise in the complex and varied field of taxation law. You’ll have the option of specialising in either domestic or international tax law and will develop an advanced understanding of the technicalities of tax law in a range of specialist areas.

Course Details

• Status: Available
• Locations: Perth (Crawley campus)
• Attendance: Full-time, Part-time
• Delivery: On-campus
• Starting dates: Applications are accepted throughout the year.
• Weekly contact time: Variable - includes intensive teaching blocks.
• Level of study: Postgraduate
• Course Code: 21350
• CRICOS code: F

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

1. (a) a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; or
2. (a) (i) a bachelor's degree in a cognate area, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; or
3. (a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; and (iii) at least two years of relevant professional experience.

English Competency

English is the language of instruction and assessment at UWA and you will need to meet the English language requirements of the University to be eligible for a place.

Fees and Scholarships

• Domestic Student Fees: Annual course fee (2025) - Full-Fee Paying Place $38,700.00
• International Student Fees: No current fee information available.
• Scholarships: Available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.

Course Structure

Postgraduate coursework degrees and combined (coursework and research) degrees comprise a number of units. Refer to the course structure for more information.

• Take units to the value of 24 points.
  • LAWS5132 Income Taxation Law (6)
  • LAWS5232 Double Tax Agreements and International Tax Law (6)
  • LAWS5233 Base Erosion, Profit Shifting and Transfer Pricing (6)
  • LAWS5234 Taxation of Trusts (6)
  • LAWS5235 Taxation Law of a Foreign State (6)
  • LAWS5237 Advanced Australian International Taxation (6)
  • LAWS5238 Goods and Services Taxation (6)
  • LAWS5239 Resource Taxation (6)
  • LAWS5240 Special Topics in Tax (6)
  • LAWS5305 Mediation: Practice and Skills (6)
  • LAWS5813 Legal Issues for Not-for-Profit Entities (6)

What You'll Gain from This Course

1. Your teachers have links to the highest levels of the profession. You'll receive face-to-face training in high-level tax courses - the only opportunity to do so in Western Australia.
2. You'll have the chance to study specialist international tax subjects - few other universities offer these units anywhere in the world.
3. Professor Nolan Sharkey and Professor Rick Krever are international leading tax scholars. Other staff such as Grant Wardell-Johnson (KPMG Australia) are industry leaders. Associate Professor Ian Murray is also a very highly-regarded resource tax scholar.

Why Study This Course?

1. You'll learn from internationally recognised and award-winning taxation experts from academia and the profession.
2. You will gain specialist tax skills demanded by the main employers in the tax profession.
3. You will engage in intensive face-to-face learning with tax experts.

Western Australia's Premier Law School

The UWA Law School is ranked in the top 150 law schools in the world for Law and Legal Studies (QS 2025). You will join and contribute to 90 years of excellence: we are the first law school established in WA and the fifth oldest in Australia.