BLAW30002 Principles of Taxation Law I (University of Melbourne): rated 4.4/5 overall, difficulty 3.0/5 (higher is harder) across 15 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
BLAW30002 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Business Law. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 税法原理I
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Business Law
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Why care about tax? Tax affects everything that you do in life.
BLAW30002 has 15 scored reviews: overall 4.4/5 · usefulness 4.7 · difficulty 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 8 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.8 stars); 6 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.9/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "I felt very confident in passing this subject because I felt very hand-held through all the…"
On Reddit: "I found in terms of workload tax law to be easier as not as many assessments like Corp law with periodic tests. However, that can be a pro or con, relative to how you find keeping up with the content. Tax law has some more difficult content imo. If you felt comfortable doing Cor…"
On Reddit: "I've done Corp Law and Tax Law I and II. Like the other poster has pointed out, the skills acquired in Corp Law (ie. IRAC / reading legislation/cases) will be very helpful for TLAW assessments. Both CLAW and TLAW follow a well structured style. Obviously the focus of the two sub…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is BLAW30002 hard?
A: Students rate BLAW30002's difficulty 3.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is BLAW30002 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 15 reviews: usefulness 4.7/5, overall 4.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches BLAW30002, and when is it offered?
A: BLAW30002 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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