codeforboston / codeforboston/windfall-elimination

False positive on Windfall Provision affecting you

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Description

Sometimes, like when we put in the earnings profile from the Full_Retirement.xml, we can be sure that the person is not affected by WEP just by reading it, even if they have years where income is not shown.

It is sort of a "false positive".

Depending on "Do you have earnings that do not show up on your Social Security record?" the current app displays the notice below.

Because the:
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notice is appearing **only based on that single question** right now, it sometimes is shown even when we know very well that they don't need to see it.

We should be able to tell from the formulas that there is no difference between the WEP and the regular PIA and show a different more comforting/equivocal message to this group of people who answer "Yes" to "Do you have earnings that do not show up on your Social Security record?" but are clearly not affected.

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Research direction

Start by locating the logic that displays the notice after the user answers yes to the question about earnings missing from their Social Security record, then trace the WEP and regular PIA formulas. Done means people whose formulas show no difference receive a more comforting or equivocal message instead of the current notice.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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