The Master of Science in Taxation (MST) is a professional graduate degree specifically designed for Certified Public Accountants and other tax professionals. A student taking a MST program studies tax law and its application to business tax issues. Thus, the MST graduate applies tax law to business situations. While accountants may dominate MST programs, students may come from many different undergraduate backgrounds as these programs require no previous tax law training.

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  • The Master of Science in Taxation (MST) is a professional graduate degree specifically designed for Certified Public Accountants and other tax professionals. A student taking a MST program studies tax law and its application to business tax issues. Thus, the MST graduate applies tax law to business situations. While accountants may dominate MST programs, students may come from many different undergraduate backgrounds as these programs require no previous tax law training. An MST program may consist of 30 semester credit hours and contain from five to ten three semester credit tax classes. Some programs may allow business electives to make up the MST electives. Other programs may require all ten courses to come from graduate tax classes. Thus, the MST program will have required tax courses and tax electives and or non tax electives. MST required tax courses may include: Tax Research, Individual Tax, Corporate Tax, Partnership Tax, and Property Transactions Tax. Programs may have a wide range of tax electives such as International Tax, Estate and Gifts Tax, Trust Tax, Real Estate Tax, Financial Instruments Tax, Tax Aspects of Corporate Reorganization, Tax Accounting, and IRS Practice and Procedure.
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  • The Master of Science in Taxation (MST) is a professional graduate degree specifically designed for Certified Public Accountants and other tax professionals. A student taking a MST program studies tax law and its application to business tax issues. Thus, the MST graduate applies tax law to business situations. While accountants may dominate MST programs, students may come from many different undergraduate backgrounds as these programs require no previous tax law training.
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  • Master of Science in Taxation
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