diff --git a/docs/modelled-taxes-and-benfits.md b/docs/modelled-taxes-and-benfits.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8becbc01 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/modelled-taxes-and-benfits.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +# Scotben Modelled Taxes + +as of 13/11/2024 + +* Income Tax (Scottish and reserved UK); +* National Insurance - Employees, Self Employed and Employers (though this needs more thought on incidence); +* Council Tax, plus some simple modelling of local income taxes and domestic rates from the Plaid study +* Wealth Taxes, using WAS data; +* VAT and excise duties using LCF data; +* incidence of essentially any tax incident on wages. + +## Modelled benefits + +### Non Means-Tested + +* attendances allowance +* child benefit +* dla +* carers benefits +* pip +* esa +* jsa +* pensions +* bereavement +* widows pension +* maternity +* smp + +Note: the Scottish disability benefits: + +* Carer’s Allowance Supplement +* Carer Support Payment +* Adult Disability Payment +* Child Disability Payment +* Pension Age Disability Payment + + are modelled as being equivalent to the rUK benefits, though a mechanism exists to make the disability tests more or less generous. + +### Means-Tested + +* Universal Credit + +#### Legacy Benefits + +* savings credit/pension credit +* working tax credit +* child tax credit +* Housing Benefit +* council tax reductions (modeled quite crudely) + +## Others + +* Minimum Wages +* Scottish Civil Legal Aid + +## Hypothetical Benefits + +* Basic Incomes + +## Not currently modelled + +* Any form of Student Support; +* Student loans and repayments (working on repayments ATM) +* Food banks or similar; +* Foster Care payments +* Scottish Best Start payments +* Child Winter Heating Payment +* Winter Heating Payment +* Funeral Support Payment +* Job Start Payment +* any ocal authority-specific payments +* Young Carer Grant \ No newline at end of file