The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M), version 30.3, is now available. This model update incorporates changes to income taxes and government transfers that were announced prior to December 17, 2024. It is based on 2018 data and can be used to study the effects of changes to federal and provincial tax and benefit programs on families and governments from 1997 through 2029.
The SPSD/M is a tool designed to analyze the financial interactions of governments and individuals or families in Canada. It allows for the estimation of the income redistributive effects or cost implications of changes in the personal taxation (including the goods and services tax and other commodity taxes) and cash transfer systems. The SPSD/M facilitates analysis of the potential effects of changes in taxes, earnings, demographic trends and a wide range of other factors.
Given specified assumptions, the SPSD/M allows users to answer "what if"-type questions. What if there were changes to the taxes Canadians paid or the transfers they received? Who would gain and who would lose? Would single-parent households in a particular province be better off? By how much? How much extra money would federal or provincial governments pay out or collect?
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