Overview
Pursue your career as a tax agent or prepare for further accounting studies by completing advanced courses in tax, commercial law, financial management, management accounting, company financial accounting, insolvency, and auditing.
Apply your skills and knowledge of financial systems as you undertake a practical placement with an accounting entity.
Career
This program is designed for those wishing to undertake further studies in accounting, having already completed a Diploma level qualification in this discipline. It extends the skills and knowledge applicable to a number of key accounting specialist job roles and provides the basis for articulation into Bachelor level programs in accounting or other business disciplines.
Those gaining employment at the conclusion of this program are likely to work as tax agents or assistant accountants.
Graduates from the Advanced Diploma of Accounting at RMIT will meet the educational requirements for registration as a Tax agent as prescribed by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) under the Tax Agent Services Act (2009).
There are other conditions to be met in order to register as a Tax agent (including a supervised work experience component) and graduates seeking Tax agent registration are urged to check current licensing requirements with the TPB.
