Paper 1 – Direct Taxes (Application)
This paper is to develop applied knowledge and practical expertise relating to Pakistan Direct Tax Laws and Systems as applicable to individuals, unincorporated businesses and companies. Proficiency will be developed in dealing with specific technical issues arising in the direct taxes and to plan and write professional advice on these issues. It also includes legal drafting and pleading.
The purpose of this paper is
therefore to test the candidate’s ability to produce a report which a client
would value. It does this by focusing on three areas in which candidates must
demonstrate competence:
The contents of this paper will be examined through mini case
studies over the duration of 3 hours and 15 minutes:
2.Provincial Taxes
3.Others
Note 1. Legal
Drafting and Pleading
This part of syllabus provides an extensive understanding on Legal Drafting and Pleading. It analyses the importance of pleadings as well as Order VI of the Civil Procedure Code 1908. It further elaborates upon the format of various civil pleadings like plaint, written statement, injunction, affidavit etc.
Note 2. Tax Planning and Advice
The objective of this part of the syllabus is to bring aspects of direct
taxes. Examination of this part covers all tax heads covered in this paper in
an integrated manner. Less detailed
answers are required as the questions do not require students to do detailed
calculations, students will need to summarise the tax issues. This section also
covers anti-avoidance legislation, appeal procedures as well as giving
consideration to the ethical issues that a Tax Adviser may face when giving tax
advice.
This part of the paper will examine students on their
ability to:
ii) Prepare an implementation plan for the advice provided
i) Justify recommendations and research findings to specialists and non-specialists including the taxpayers and tax authorities
Paper
2 – Advanced Indirect Taxes (Application)
This
paper is to develop applied knowledge and practical expertise relating to
Pakistan Indirect Tax Laws and Systems. Proficiencies will be developed in
dealing with specific technical issues arising in the indirect taxes and to
write professional advice on these issues. It also includes legal drafting and pleading.
The purpose of this paper is
therefore to test the candidate’s ability to produce a report which a client
would value. It does this by focusing on three areas in which candidates must
demonstrate competence:
The
contents of this paper will be examined through mini case studies over the
duration of 3 hours and 15 minutes:
Note 1. Legal
Drafting and Pleading
This part of syllabus provides an extensive understanding on Legal Drafting and Pleading. It analyses the importance of pleadings as well as Order VI of the Civil Procedure Code 1908. It further elaborates upon the format of various civil pleadings like plaint, written statement, injunction, affidavit etc.
Note 2. Tax Planning and Advice
The objective of this part of the syllabus is to bring aspects of direct
taxes and indirect taxes together. Examination of this part covers all tax
heads covered in this paper in an integrated manner. Less detailed answers are required as the
questions do not require students to do detailed calculations, students will
need to summarise the tax issues. This section also covers anti-avoidance
legislation, appeal procedures as well as giving consideration to the ethical
issues that a Tax Adviser may face when giving tax advice.
This part of the paper will examine students on their
ability to:
i) Justify recommendations and research findings to specialists and non-specialists including the taxpayers and tax authorities
Section – A (Principles of International Taxation)
This section is not country specific and focuses on key issues of global taxation such as principles of international tax law, residence, double taxation and treaty interpretation, transfer pricing, the work of OECD and international tax avoidance of direct and indirect taxes.
2. Transfer Pricing and Thin Capitalization Rules
3. International Tax Avoidance
2. Other anti-avoidance measures
Section – B (Second Jurisdiction Taxation)
Candidates are expected to be aware of the key features of the tax system of one of the various tax regimes and be able to answer questions on international tax in relation to a secondary jurisdiction without being expected to offer expert advice on that jurisdiction’s tax system.
Students are expected to have knowledge of the either of the following two aspects of the taxation of the chosen tax jurisdiction:
2. Goods and Services Tax
Candidates have to write a thesis on section B
Thesis
Candidates are required to write a research thesis for section B of papers of Professional Level (after attending advanced research methodology webinar) consisting of 6,000 to 7,500 words on any topic from section B of Paper 3 of Professional Level. Prior approval from the Students and Members Committee is compulsory for writing Research Thesis
Eligibility: CTA Skills Level passed/referred or equivalent
Exemptions
A candidate may be eligible to apply for exemptions from some of the CTA examinations if he holds certain recognized educational qualifications. The candidate can only apply for exemptions using educational qualification where he has become fully exam qualified, meaning the candidate has completed all of the necessary examinations for the relevant academic qualification or a mapped level of professional qualification.