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:''"Tax code" redirects here. For the term as used in the United Kingdom PAYE system, see [[Tax code (PAYE)]].''
'''Tax law''' is the codified system of [[law]]s that describes [[government]] levies on [[economic]] transactions, commonly called [[tax]]es.

==Major issues==
Primary taxation issues facing the governments world over include;
* [[income tax|taxes on income]] and [[wealth tax|wealth (or estates)]]
* taxation of [[capital gains]]
* taxation of [[Retirement#Support_and_funds|retirement pensions]] and [[social security|social security contributions]] etc.
* [[inheritance tax]]es
* taxation of [[gift]]s
* [[consumption tax]]es (or [[sales tax]])
* taxation of [[corporation]]s, [[Limited liability company|LLCs]], [[partnerships]]

==Tax education from law schools==
In [[law school]]s, "tax law" is a sub-discipline and area of specialist study. Tax law specialists are often employed in consultative roles, and may also be involved in litigation. Many [[Law school in the United States|U.S. law schools]] require about 30 semester credit hours of required courses and approximately 60 hours or more of electives. Law students pick and choose available courses on which to focus before graduation with the [[Juris Doctor|J.D. degree]] in the United States. This freedom allows law students to take many tax courses such as federal taxation, [[Estate tax|estate]] and [[gift tax]], and estates and successions before completing the [[Juris Doctor]] and taking the [[bar exam]] in a particular U.S. state.

There are many fine [[LLM]] or Masters in Laws Graduate programs currently being offered in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands etc. Many of these programs offer the opportunity to focus on domestic and [[international taxation]]. In the United States most LLM programs require that the candidate be a graduate of an [[American Bar Association]]-[[School accreditation|accredited]] law school while a mere graduate [[law degree]] is a sufficient eligibility criterion in other countries for admission to LLM in Taxation law programmes. 

==Tax education from business school programs==
There are hundreds of accredited business schools in the USA. Many are accredited by the [[AACSB]] or [[ACBSP]] or recognized by [[AAFM]]. These undergraduate or graduate programs may allow the student to major or graduate with a tax related degree such as a [[Master of Science in Taxation]].  Also, the undergraduate focus on [[accounting]] would allow a student to go the [[Certified Public Accountant]] (CPA) track.  After a student completes the individual state or jurisdictional requirements for accounting, the applicant may sit for the [[Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination]].

==See also==
*[[Taxation in Australia]]
*[[Taxation in the British Virgin Islands]]
*[[Taxation in Canada]]
*[[Taxation in China]]
*[[Taxation in Colombia]]
*[[Taxation in the European Union]]
*[[Taxation in France]]
*[[Taxation in Germany]]
*[[Taxation in India]]
*[[Taxation in the Netherlands]]
*[[Taxation in the Palestinian territories]]
*[[Taxation in the People's Republic of China]]
*[[Taxation in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Taxation in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Taxation in the United States]]

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