Open Thirdhuman opened 4 years ago
Hi @Thirdhuman, thanks for the suggestion. As of now we don't have plans to include a feature like that, though it would be great to have. I'll leave this issue open and if at a future date we figure out how to implement a method to account for changes in the number of tax filers we'll post about it here.
My understanding is that the current logic assumes that all filers take advantage of all credits available to them, including current non-filers (imputed from the CPS). So Tax-Calculator should be overestimating EITC today, for example. I think the first step would be calibrating the filing rate and claim rate of credits like EITC to SOI totals, and identifying an elasticity from there would be useful.
Are there any plans to integrate a behavioral response that incorporates increased tax-filing?
I'm thinking in particular of fully-refundable child-tax credits here. Current non-filers who stand to gain would plausibly change their behavior here.