PolicyEngine / PolicyEngine/policyengine-taxsim
IA 2021 HoH 94Kpwages 2Kintrec 2Kchildcare
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Description
See http://taxsim.nber.org/out2psl/1108
PE and TA disagree on the Child and Dependent Care Credit. TA disallows it based on taxpayer income>90K. See lines 2-3 on Child Credits form or
https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/iowa/Iowa-Code-r-701-304.15
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- 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.
Research direction
Start with the TAXSIM output at the linked URL and compare the Child and Dependent Care Credit result with the PolicyEngine and TA behavior. Read the cited Child Credits form lines and Iowa Code rule to determine the correct income treatment; done when the emulator agrees with the applicable rule and the discrepancy is covered by a regression test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100