In the 0.721.0 version, it seems as if the calculation of the mi_household_resources is not correct. At least, I can't find anyplace in the cited legislation or in the form or its instructions that says federal above-the-line deductions should be subtracted or says that health insurance premiums should be subtracted.
TAXSIM35 does not subtract federal above-the-line deductions, and as a result it generates different results for the following test case:
- name: Tax unit with taxsimid 13598 in j21.its.csv and j21.ots.csv
absolute_error_margin: 0.01
period: 2021
input:
people:
person1:
age: 30
employment_income: 1010
qualified_dividend_income: 9010
taxable_interest_income: 11010
short_term_capital_gains: 1010
rental_income: 1010
rent: 14000
self_employment_income: 1010
business_is_qualified: true
business_is_sstb: false
w2_wages_from_qualified_business: 100e6
ssi: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
state_supplement: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
wic: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
ma_covid_19_essential_employee_premium_pay_program: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
person2:
age: 16
ssi: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
state_supplement: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
wic: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
ma_covid_19_essential_employee_premium_pay_program: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
person3:
age: 16
ssi: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
state_supplement: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
wic: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
ma_covid_19_essential_employee_premium_pay_program: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
tax_units:
tax_unit:
members: [person1, person2, person3]
premium_tax_credit: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
local_income_tax: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
state_sales_tax: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
ca_use_tax: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
il_use_tax: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
nm_2021_income_rebate: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
nm_additional_2021_income_rebate: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
nm_supplemental_2021_income_rebate: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
ny_supplemental_eitc: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
ok_use_tax: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
pa_use_tax: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
vt_renter_credit: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
spm_units:
spm_unit:
members: [person1, person2, person3]
snap: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
tanf: 0 # not in TAXSIM35
households:
household:
members: [person1, person2, person3]
state_fips: 26 # MI
output: # expected results from patched TAXSIM35 2024-03-26 version
mi_income_tax: -1077.46
@Mshuning, Thanks for pointing out the MI form instructions that I had missed.
You are right that the PEUS household resources is correct.
I'll check to see what is going on in the TAXSIM35 code.
In the 0.721.0 version, it seems as if the calculation of the
mi_household_resources
is not correct. At least, I can't find anyplace in the cited legislation or in the form or its instructions that says federal above-the-line deductions should be subtracted or says that health insurance premiums should be subtracted.https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/blob/dbe2554743360b80fa3bd375c03a9988fe8d3772/policyengine_us/variables/gov/states/mi/tax/income/mi_household_resources.py#L4-L13
TAXSIM35 does not subtract federal above-the-line deductions, and as a result it generates different results for the following test case: