Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

Specialized Program in Taxation 2026

 

First module: Fundamentals of Taxation (12 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Fundamentals of Taxation, Fiscal Policy and Institutions of Tax Law: Bases of the National Tax System, Elements of the Tax Obligation, Rights and Obligations of the Tax Administration and of Tax Debtors.
  • Tax Procedures: Tax Audits, Contentious and Non-contentious Procedures.
  • Tax Criminal Law: Administrative offenses, sanctions, crimes.
  • Tax Procedures and Impact of COVID-19.

 

Second module: Income Taxation (12 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Income Tax, scope of application, business income.
  • Gross Income: Market value rules, transfer pricing.
  • Net Income: Rules for deducting expenses, limited expenses, conditional expenses, prohibited expenses.
  • Net Income: payments on account and loss carryforwards.

 

Third module: International Financial Reporting Standards – IFRS (6 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Main IFRS with tax implications.
  • IFRS case studies with tax implications.

 

Fourth module: General Sales Tax (IGV)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Theoretical Framework The value added technique, taxable operation Sale.
  • Taxable transactions: provision and use of services.
  • Export of goods and services, first sale of real estate and construction contracts.
  • Tax credit.

 

Fifth module: Non-residents (6 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Impact of Income Tax and VAT on transactions with non-residents.
  • Tax incidence in non-residents.

 

Sixth module: Tax Planning (6 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Practical cases related to Income Tax and VAT.

 

Seventh module: Tax Audit (6 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Main topics audited in the calculation of Income Tax/VAT.

 

Eighth module: Labor Taxation (3 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Introduction and salary policy, notion of remuneration and non-remunerative concepts.

 

Ninth module: Labor Impacts (3 hours)

The topics to be covered in this module:

  • Employment contracting methods.
  • Company policies and working conditions.

 

 

The methodology 

The methodology of the specialized program is based primarily on lecture-colloquiums and case discussions.