China Certified Tax Adviser - Tax-Related Service Law study plan
China Certified Tax Adviser - Tax-Related Service Law · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation (行政法与行政诉讼法)
Map the full administrative-law syllabus into a one-page outline covering administrative acts, licensing, penalties, compulsory enforcement, and open-government rules, then mark the five subtopics you understand least.
Distinguish administrative acts from civil acts and internal acts by classifying 30 short hypotheticals and writing the deciding test beside each classification.
Reconstruct the procedural chain of a typical administrative penalty (investigation, notice, hearing, decision, service) and note where procedural defects void versus merely taint the act.
Draft a 400-word plain-language summary of the scope of administrative litigation: standing, defendant identification, and the six-month limitation period.
Your checkpoint
A one-page administrative-law mind map plus a 30-item classification table with written reasoning for each entry.
Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation (行政法与行政诉讼法)
Trace administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation side by side, listing the choice-of-forum rules, the reconsideration-first categories, and the deadlines for each route.
Analyze the burden of proof in administrative litigation and write out why the defendant agency bears it, with two consequences that follow when evidence is produced late.
Outline the grounds and procedures for state compensation claims, distinguishing compensation from reconsideration and from litigation remedies.
Complete 40 timed multiple-choice questions on administrative law and write a correction note for every missed item.
Your checkpoint
A two-column comparison chart of reconsideration versus litigation plus a scored 40-question practice set with error log.
Civil Law and Civil Procedure (民法典与民事诉讼法)
Build a structural outline of the Civil Code covering the general provisions, property, contract, personality rights, marriage and family, inheritance, and tort liability books, noting the article ranges for each.
Apply the rules on civil capacity, agency, limitation periods, and juristic acts to 25 fact patterns and state the governing provision for each answer.
Explain the difference between void, voidable, and ineffective contracts and demonstrate it with three worked examples.
Summarize the core doctrines of civil procedure jurisdiction, parties, evidence, and first-instance ordinary procedure in a 600-word study note.
Your checkpoint
A Civil Code structure chart with article ranges plus a 25-item fact-pattern worksheet with cited provisions.
Civil Law and Civil Procedure (民法典与民事诉讼法) & Civil Procedure and Arbitration (民事诉讼法与仲裁法)
Sequence a civil lawsuit from filing through service, defense, evidence exchange, hearing, judgment, and appeal, and identify the deadline attached to each step.
Compare the retrial supervision route with the second-instance appeal route and list the conditions that open each.
Contrast litigation with arbitration on jurisdiction, party autonomy, confidentiality, and enforcement, and state when an arbitration agreement excludes court jurisdiction.
Draft a model arbitration clause and explain each element, including the institution, seat, language, and number of arbitrators.
Complete 40 mixed questions on civil procedure and arbitration and record the rule that defeated each wrong choice.
Your checkpoint
A one-page procedural timeline for civil litigation and arbitration plus a model arbitration clause with annotated elements.
Company and Enterprise Law (公司法、合伙企业法、个人独资企业法、企业破产法)
Chart the lifecycle rules of a limited liability company: formation, capital contribution and acceleration, equity transfer, shareholder rights, governance bodies, and dissolution and liquidation.
Contrast limited liability companies with joint stock companies on capital, governance, and transferability, and list the differences in a table.
Distinguish general and limited partners in a partnership and state the liability consequences of each role in three scenarios.
Summarize the sole proprietorship rules on investor liability and business termination, and note how they differ from a one-person limited company.
Outline the enterprise bankruptcy procedure: acceptance, administrator appointment, creditor declaration, avoidance powers, reorganization, and distribution order.
Your checkpoint
A comparative entity table covering limited liability company, joint stock company, partnership, sole proprietorship, and one-person company, with liability rules for each.
Contract and Security Law (合同法律制度、担保法律制度)
Map the formation, performance, modification, transfer, and termination of contracts, and identify the remedies available for each breach type.
Apply the guarantee rules to 15 scenarios covering suretyship types, guarantee periods, scope of guarantee, and the consequences of an unperformed guarantee obligation.
Explain the security interests in property, pledge, and lien, and rank competing claims in two worked priority problems.
Draft a short checklist a tax adviser would use to spot contract and guarantee risks in a client's transaction documents.
Your checkpoint
A one-page guarantee and security decision tree plus a 15-scenario worksheet with answers and cited rules.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (刑法与刑事诉讼法) & Tax Administration Law and Tax-Related Administrative Review (税收征管法与税务行政复议)
Outline the general principles of criminal law, the elements of an offense, and the stages of criminal procedure from investigation through trial, and note the limitation periods for prosecution.
Identify the tax-related criminal offenses and the conduct each punishes, and explain how administrative penalties and criminal liability interact.
Reconstruct the tax collection and administration process: registration, assessment, collection, compulsory enforcement, inspection, and the limitation periods for recovery and refund.
Explain the tax administrative reconsideration rules on scope, prerequisites, filing deadlines, and the relationship with tax litigation, and apply them to four scenarios.
Your checkpoint
A two-part summary sheet on tax-related criminal offenses and tax administrative reconsideration, with four scenario answers.
Commercial Law: Negotiable Instruments, Insurance, Securities, Trust (票据法、保险法、证券法、信托法)
Summarize the negotiable instruments rules on issuance, endorsement, acceptance, payment, and the rights of a holder in due course, and apply them to three fact patterns.
Outline the insurance law principles of insurable interest, utmost good faith, subrogation, and beneficiary designation, and answer five short scenarios.
Explain the securities law rules on issuance, disclosure, insider trading, and market manipulation, and note the regulatory consequences of each.
Describe the trust law structure: settlor, trustee, beneficiary, trust property, and fiduciary duties, and distinguish a trust from a mandate.
Complete a 60-question mixed mock exam across all eight domains, score it, and rank your three weakest domains for final review.
Your checkpoint
A scored 60-question mock exam with a ranked list of the three weakest domains and a written remediation plan for each.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 70% on the 40-question administrative-law set and be able to state the reconsideration-versus-litigation choice rules from memory.
Week 4: Complete the procedural timeline and arbitration clause unaided, and score at least 70% on the mixed civil procedure and arbitration set.
Week 6: Reproduce the entity comparison table and the guarantee decision tree from memory, then apply both to new scenarios without notes.
Week 8: Score at least 75% overall on the 60-question mock exam, with no single domain below 60%, and have a written plan for the three weakest domains.