New EUROMOD beta release (I5.99+)

  • 04 Sep 2023

A new beta version of EUROMOD has been released! Download links and data request form can be found in the Download EUROMOD area on this website

Compared to the previous release (I5.41+ beta), this one includes the following updates/changes:

POLICIES AND FUNCTIONALITIES

  • New 2023 policy systems for all countries
  • New uprating indices and exchange rates for 2023, and updates/corrections for previous years
  • New global extensions for HHoT: extended policy simulations and non-compulsory payments
  • Add-ons adapted to 2021 data
  • Bug fixes and improvements in all country models

DATA

  • New 2021 input data for 24 countries (all except IT, PL, SK). Due to the influence of the COVID pandemic during the income year (2020), their allocation as best match is country-specific

SOFTWARE

Model I5.99+ is released together with a new software version (v3.6.6), which includes the following features in relation to the previous version publicly released (v3.6.2):

  • Core software
    • New warnings
      • When tax units include DepChildren or OwnDepChildren, but do not contain a DepChild definition
      • When factor conditions are used and not all possible conditions are covered
    • A check for project paths that are too long
    • Bug fixes and improvements 
  • Applications
    • Policy Effects Tool (PET)
      • Advanced version publicly released: when the tool is launched, the user can choose between the basic and the advanced version 
    • Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT)
      • Updated HHoT files
    • EUROMOD Statistics
      • Moved settings (such as the last path used) from permanent to session-based
      • In-depth analysis: improved behaviour when changing project paths
      • Statistics Presenter: improved sync of scrolling throughout the pages
      • Statistics Presenter: added percentage difference columns in Baseline/Reform template
      • Minor adjustments in tables
    • New Income List Components plugin: the tool produces summaries of the components of all income lists for all countries and systems