Master in Accounting and Tax Business

Course Objectives

The MSc in Accounting and Business Taxation aims at training professionals with high skills in the business sciences. The course is structured to provide students with a solid background in the areas of accounting and taxation with theoretical and practical application.

Access Conditions

Are eligible to apply to the master in Accounting and Business Taxation: a) The holder of a degree or legal equivalent awarded by a national institution of higher education, preferably in Management, Accounting, Economics, Finance and other related fields; b) Holders of a foreign academic degree awarded following a 1st. cycle of studies organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adherent to this process, preferably in Management, Accounting, Economics, Finance and other related areas; c) Holders of an academic degree, national or foreign, that is recognized by the Scientific Board of the ISCAC, as fulfilling the objectives of a degree; d) Holders of an academic, scientific or professional CV, that is recognized by the Scientific Board of the ISCAC as attesting the capacity to complete this course.

Professional Outlets

The MSc in Accounting and Business Taxation provides professional skills for the exercise of the function of accountant or for the exercise of other professions in which the accounting and fiscal knowledge are fundamental.
Graduates with the MSc in Accounting and Business Taxation will acquire skills that will enable them to perform the functions of:
Accountant
. Tax Adviser
.Lecturer
External auditor
Internal Auditor
Statutory Auditor
Consultant
Investigator

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Learning Language

Portuguese Language.

Learning Objectives

The main aim is to develop a set of skills and capabilities that qualify students with a solid theoretical and technical knowledge. These skills are essential to the labour market and to the production of information that support the economic decision-making in national and international context. This master degree is as well organized to promote a first approach on scientific research in specific areas of accounting and taxation to support that ISCAC play an active role in the production of advanced studies in the areas of the course.

Access to Superior Studies

The Master`s degree allows the entry into the third studies cycle which leads to the PhD.

Course Coordinators

Main Branch

Curricular Year: 1
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Accounting Standardization 50008896 5 1st Q
Business Taxes 50009595 5 1st Q
Corporate Financial Reporting 50009713 5 2nd Q
International Taxation 50009724 5 2nd Q
Business Groups Accounting 50009741 5 3rd Q
Financial Statements Analysis 50009759 5 3rd Q
Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting 50009787 3 4th Q
Research Methodologies 50010197 2 4th Q
Opção 1º Trimestre
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Internal Control 50008804 5 1st Q
Management Accounting 50009702 5 1st Q
Statistics Applied to Management 50008769 5 1st Q
Opção 2º Trimestre
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Accounting Theory 50009730 5 2nd Q
Business Law 50008775 5 2nd Q
International Auditing Standards 50008911 5 2nd Q
Opção 3º Trimestre
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Fiscal Special Tax Regimes in Income and Consumption 50009765 5 3rd Q
Information Systems 50009776 5 3rd Q
Internal Auditing 50008944 5 3rd Q
Opção a) 4º Trimestre
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Accounting for not Profit Entities 50009798 3 4th Q
General Tax Law 50009803 3 4th Q
Property Tax Law 50009814 3 4th Q
Opção b) 4º Trimestre
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Financial Accounting - Specific Issues 50009831 2 4th Q
Procedements Tax Law 50009820 2 4th Q
SME Financial Report 50009842 2 4th Q

Curricular Year: 2
Curricular Unit Code ECTS Period
Dissertation 50009161 60 Annual
Project 50009205 60 Annual
Training and Report 50009238 60 Annual