Rules of the Game and Other Odds & Ends

Course Objective - this course is primarily designed to provide the students with a fundamental understanding of income taxation of individuals and business entities under the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC).

Course Materials -

• Code: NIRC (Rep. Act. No. 8424 or the “Tax Reform Act of 1997”), as amended; Book II, 
• IRR: selected Rev. Regs. and other issuances;
• Textbook/s: none required; suggested reference textbooks: Mamalateo, V: Philippine Income Taxation (2004); De Leon, H.: The Law on Income Taxation (2001); De Leon, H.: National Internal Revenue Code (2003); Gonzales, E.: National Internal Revenue Code (2001).    
  

Responsibility for Assigned Readings/Topics - each student is responsible for the assigned readings/topics, whether or not actually taken up in class.

Academic Honesty - the maintenance of academic integrity is the responsibility of each student. Any form of dishonesty, whether in recitation or in exams, is a serious offense and will be dealt with severely.

Grade Distribution - recitation, midterms, finals - 35/30/35.

Policies on Recitation -

• If a student is not present when called upon to recite, he/she gets a grade of 70%
• If a student is present but is unprepared when called upon to recite, he/she gets a grade no lower than 80%

Policies on Exams - 

No make-up exam rule -

• If a student is unable to take the midterm exam, he/she must produce documentary evidence establishing a valid excuse;
• If a supported and valid excuse is found, the final exam will account for an increased percentage of the student’s final grade in lieu of the missed midterm exam;
• If no such excuse is found, the missed midterm exam will be graded as whichever is lower of 65% or minus 5 percentage points from the lowest grade obtained by any student who took the midterm exam;
• If a student is unable to take the final exam and the inability is excusable, the professor has the sole discretion to re-distribute the composition of the final grade or give a special exam;
• If a student is unable to take the final exam and the inability is inexcusable, the student gets an automatic final grade of 65%.

No change in grade rule - Grades for the exams are determined by a careful process designed to ensure fairness. Therefore, grades will not be changed unless there has been a clerical or computation error.