1. English for Tax Administration 2
Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević
G10, room 6/I, Wed 11:00-12:00
Session 1

2. English for Tax Administration 2 – Course outline
Coursebook: Javornik Čubrić, M., English for Tax Professionals, Narodne novine, 2018.
presentations available at

3. English for Tax Administration 2 – syllabus
DATE
CONTENT 1
27 Feb 2018
Introduction to the Course 2
6 Mar 2018
What are taxes? – Types of Taxes 3
13 Mar 2018
Purposes of Taxation 4
20 Mar 2018
The General Tax Law 5
27 Mar 2018
Principles of Taxation 6
3 Apr 2018
Taxes in Croatia 7
17 Apr 2018
Value Added Tax 8
24 Apr 2018
Personal Income Tax 9
8 May 2018
Corporate Income Tax 10
15 May 2018
Final Revision 11
22 May 2018
End-of-term test 12
29 May 2018
Signatures and Tutorials

4. Examination Oral examination (preceded by a written qualifying test)
Attendance optional but recommended
Regular attendants can take the exam early

5. Requirements for the examination
Mastering relevant vocabulary
Being able to talk about the topics covered by the curriculum, using relevant terms
The extra material covered in class will help you understand the content and prepare for the exam
The exam will test the knowledge of the content presented in the coursebook and presentations

6. Optional assignments presentations on topics related to the curriculum
duration: minutes
2 students prepare each presentation as a joint project
minimum 3 sources must be consulted (e.g. one main and two additional)

7. Presentations Before giving the presentation, students MUST:
consult the lecturer about the topic
consult the lecturer about the sources
show the entire PP presentation, as well as the outline and notes at least one week before giving the presentation
consult the lecturer about the pronunciation of difficult words

8. Presentations REWARD for participating in a successful presentation:
you can SKIP the oral examination
HOWEVER...
you still have to take the written test
you MUST attend the classes

9. Presentations Some suggested areas: banking Ministry of Finance
Tax Administration
court system
etc.

10. Saying numbers

11. Saying numbers Dates and years Amounts £29.99 Decimals and percentages
23 Mar 1984
Mar
1904
2000
Amounts
£29.99
40p
$15.25
$0.99
Decimals and percentages
75 %
0.5 %
95.75
4.125
Big numbers
7,250
150,256
1,000,000 (1m) 3m

12. Saying numbers Dates and years Prices
, 23 Mar 1984, etc.
the twenty-third (of) March nineteen eighty-four
Mar
March the twenty-third nineteen eighty-four
nineteen oh four (year) two thousand
Prices
£29.99 twenty-nine pounds ninety- nine (pence)
40p forty pence, forty p /pi:/
$15.25 fifteen dollars twenty-five (cents)
$0.99 ninety-nine cents
Decimals and percentages
75 % seventy-five percent
0.5 % nought/zero point five percent
95.75 ninety-five point seven five
4.125 four point one two five
Big numbers
7,250 seven thousand two hundred and fifty
150, one hundred and fifty thousand two hundred and fifty six
1,000,000 (1m) one million
3m three million
NOTE: percent, hundred, thousand, million – always singular!!!

13. Saying numbers - exercise
Write out these numbers in full:
268,741
0.987
€52,955,659.68 4,
£12,519.99 %

14. Saying numbers - exercise
268,741 – two hundred and sixty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty-one
0.98 – zero point nine-eight
€52,955, – fifty-two million nine hundred and fifty- five thousand six hundred and fifty-nine euros sixty-eight cents
4, – four thousand nine hundred and eighty-four point six-five-one-eight
£12, – twelve thousand five hundred and nineteen pounds ninety-nine pence
% - seventy-five point nine-seven-five percent

15. Thank you for your attention!