Implement Spouse's Allowance Benefits
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
Research direction
Start by reading the existing OAS and GIS calculations and the two linked Government of Canada allowance references. Define how household income testing, regular versus survivor rates, GIS coordination, and the age-65 stop fit the model; done means both allowance variants are represented and covered by tests.
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Description
Description
The Spouse's Allowance (now called Allowance) is included in SPSD/M but missing from PolicyEngine Canada. This is part of the Old Age Security (OAS) program.
Required Implementation
The Allowance provides income support to:
- Spouses/common-law partners of OAS pensioners aged 60-64
- Survivors (Allowance for the Survivor) aged 60-64
Benefit Details
- Available to low-income individuals aged 60-64
- Combined income test with spouse
- Includes basic allowance plus GIS top-up
- Stops at age 65 when OAS eligibility begins
Implementation Notes
- Requires household income testing
- Coordinated with GIS calculations
- Different rates for regular Allowance vs Allowance for Survivor
References
Priority
Medium - Part of OAS program suite, affects seniors approaching retirement
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 17
- Forks
- 35
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Getting set up
- No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
- Has a pull request template
- Read the contributing guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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