Program Overview
Villanova University's Master of Taxation program provides a comprehensive and practical education in tax practice. The program offers a rigorous curriculum taught by leading tax scholars and practitioners, with a focus on professional responsibility. Students can choose from a wide range of electives to specialize in areas of interest, and the program prepares graduates for a variety of careers in tax practice.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Villanova University's Master of Taxation program emphasizes practical education and professional responsibility in tax practice through a rigorous and immersive curriculum taught by leading tax scholars and expert practitioners. The program aims to equip graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in the ever-changing world of tax practice and advance their careers in the field. The Master of Taxation is a 30-credit degree program that is available in on-campus, online, or hybrid formats. The on-campus classes are held in the evenings, while the online classes are synchronous and live each week. All courses are designed for part-time adult learners and follow a unique eight-week format, allowing students to concentrate on one course at a time while still finishing the program in two years.
Outline:
The Master of Taxation program consists of six core courses that teach the fundamentals of tax, as well as six electives from over 25 comprehensive options spanning many areas of interest in both law and accounting.
Core Courses:
- Survey of Tax
- Tax I
- Tax II
- Professional Practice and Tax Procedure
- Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
- Partnership Taxation
- Tax Research and Legal Reasoning (graduation requirement that is zero credits, zero tuition charges)
Electives:
Students can choose six electives from a wide range of options, including:
- Advanced Business Planning
- Advanced Corporations
- Advanced Tax Accounting
- Cross-Border Taxation
- Estate Planning
- Exempt Organizations
- Family Wealth Planning
- Federal Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates
- Income Taxation of Individuals
- International Tax
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Multinational Taxation
- Pass-Through Entities
- Property Taxation
- Real Estate Taxation
- Sales and Use Tax
- State and Local Tax
- Tax Controversy
- Tax Policy
Teaching:
The Master of Taxation program features more than 45 faculty members, including full-time tax scholars and leading practitioners from Big Four accounting firms, law firms, the IRS, and other tax companies and organizations. The program takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining taxation from multiple perspectives to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the field's ever-changing landscape.
Careers:
The Master of Taxation program prepares graduates for a wide range of careers in tax practice, including:
- Tax preparation and planning
- Tax consulting
- Tax auditing
- Tax compliance
- Tax litigation
- Tax teaching and research
- Tax policy development
