Microsimulation analysis of the impact of indirect tax benefits on income distribution and poverty alleviation in Tanzania: An application of TAZMOD

Asiya Maskaeva, Zanda Bochkaeva, Joel Mmasa, Mgeni Msafiri and Eric Iramba

No wp-2019-16, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper analyses the impacts of indirect tax policy reforms on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania by applying a standard static microsimulation model TAZMOD v1.8. The simulations model two indirect tax reforms involving changes to the excise duty and value-added tax rates on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, and changes to employers' and employees' contributions to the National Health Insurance Fund. The results of the first reform find a positive effect on government tax revenue and a neutral effect on income distribution and poverty.

Keywords: Income distribution; SOUTHMOD; Tax-benefit microsimulation; Tax policy reform; Microsimulation; TAZMOD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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