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Hi Continuing Evening MBA Students:
We have just added E228 Taxes & Firm Strategy on WEDNESDAYS, 6:00-9:00 p.m. It is cross-listed with the Day MBA Program for Fall 2001. This 3-unit course is taught by Suneel Udpa. A description follows below. If you are interested, please e-mail TJ on or before Friday, May 11. Thanks, TJ COURSE NUMBER: E228 COURSE TITLE: Topics in Taxation:Taxes and Firm Strategy UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 units INSTRUCTOR: Suneel Udpa E-MAIL ADDRESS:udpa@haas.berkeley.edu CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL): On Izio DAYS: WEDNESDAYS 6:00-9:00 PREREQUISITE(S): None CLASS FORMAT: lectures REQUIRED READINGS: Textbook/CD, Course Reader, and Handouts BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Midterm and Final ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This course offers a framework to understand how taxes affect a firm's investment and financing strategies. Taxes affect investment strategies because the differential tax treatment of the various investments affect both their before and after tax rates of return. Taxes influence financing decisions because of their impact on a firm's cost of capital. This course will downplay the technical detail under the assumption that you intend to become effective managers not tax experts. Tax rules and regulations will be presented and discussed in the broader context of firm strategy. We will focus on fundamental tax principles, the understanding of which will provide you with a framework to integrate the constant changes in the tax laws. Note that we will focus on both individual and corporate tax, under the assumption that good tax decisions consider the impact of all parties in a transaction. For instance, when a firm is deciding on a compensation policy for its managers, it has consider both the managers' tax situation as well as its own. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Available on the web at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/udpa.html
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