• Last Updated: 8th Nov 2021

Spatial Model

The STINMOD+ Spatial Model allows you to design and modify the entire Australian tax and transfer system, and estimate the impact of your proposal at small area level. Users also have the ability to select a range of the population datasets calibrated for STINMOD+ use.

Instructions

An example of the spatial model use

Common Model Use

  • Spatial distribution of the policy proposal

FAQ

What policy changes are supported?

The thresholds and the benefit amount of the following policies can be modified

Taxation

  • Income tax
  • Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge
  • Temporary Levy such as flood levy and budget repair levy
  • Tax Offsets such as low income tax offset, beneficiary tax offset, seniors and pensioners tax offset
  • Private health insurance rebate
  • Education tax refund
  • Superannuation concessional contribution tax
  • Superannuational excess concessional contribution charge
  • Very high income contribution tax (Division 293 tax)
  • Government super co-contribution
  • Low income superannuationa tax offset

Transfer

  • ABSTUDY 1
  • Age Pension
  • Austudy
  • Bereavement Allowance
  • Carer Allowance
  • Carer Payment
  • Carer Supplement
  • Child Care benefit and Child Care Rebate
  • Childcare Subsidy
  • Dad and Partner Pay
  • DVA Pension
  • Disability Support Pension
  • Energy Supplement
  • Family Tax Benefit A and related benefits
  • Family Tax Benefit B and related benefits
  • Farm Household Allowance
  • Newstart Allowance (incl. participation supplement)
  • Parental Leave Pay
  • Parenting Payment (single and partnered)
  • Partner Allowance
  • Pensioner Education Supplement
  • Remote Area Allowance
  • Sickness Allowance
  • Special Benefit
  • Widow Allowance
  • Widow B Pension
  • Wife Pension
  • Youth Allowance
  • and others.

Access

The model can be accessed here.

Change Log

27/3/2019

  • Updated base dataset to 2019
  • Add Commonwealth electorate district as one of the geographical unit option

22/2/2019

  • Updated base dataset
  • Bug fixing

25/09/2018

  • Update one-off payment
  • Update indexation

17/8/2018

  • Initial Release

  1. Note this policy might not be supported in all dataset due to its small population coverage.