PolicyEngine / PolicyEngine/policyengine-taxsim
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Description
See http://taxsim.nber.org/out2psl/1184
I think PE and TA may disagree on the Federal Tax Deduction. TA takes it from line 22 of the Federal 1040 ($13,222) while PE allows $3,000 more for the sum of deductions and exemptions than TA does. That amount is the same as ACTC.
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Research direction
Start with the TAXSIM output at http://taxsim.nber.org/out2psl/1184 and compare its Federal Tax Deduction with the PolicyEngine result. Trace the deductions, exemptions, and ACTC amounts described in the issue; done means the discrepancy is explained and the emulator matches the expected calculation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- fintech-quant
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100