Project description:
The project aims to develop Taxing Wages models for Croatia in the period from 2000 to 2023. For each year, the systems of personal income tax, compulsory social security insurance, and general government cash benefits (primarily child benefit) are modeled. The models are developed according to the OECD methodology for eight selected types of individuals and families (e.g., single person, single-parent, couples with and without children, receiving different gross wage amounts), which allows for the comparability of results between all OECD member countries. In addition to the eight predefined types, the model will be programmed in a way that allows it to produce results for various additional types of hypothetical units. A separate document is prepared for each year describing the systems of personal income tax, compulsory social security insurance, and general government cash benefits. These documents also present various indicators of the tax burden on labour income, such as the tax wedge.