def main():
"""
Contains command-line interface to the Tax-Calculator SimpleTaxIO class.
"""
# parse command-line arguments:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description=('Writes to a file the federal tax OUTPUT for the tax '
'filing units specified in the INPUT file with the '
'OUTPUT computed from the INPUT using the Tax-Calculator.'
' Both the INPUT and OUTPUT files use Internet-TAXSIM '
'format. The OUTPUT filename is the INPUT filename '
'with the ".out-simtax" string appended. The OUTPUT '
'file contains the first 28 Internet-TAXSIM output '
'variables. Use --iohelp flag for more information. '
'For details on Internet-TAXSIM version 9.3 INPUT and '
'OUTPUT formats, go to '
'http://users.nber.org/~taxsim/taxsim-calc9/'))
parser.add_argument('--iohelp',
help=('optional flag to show INPUT and OUTPUT '
'variable definitions and exit without trying '
'to read the INPUT file, so INPUT can be any '
'meaningless character (e.g., x or ?'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('--reform',
help=('REFORM is name of optional file that contains '
'tax reform provisions; the provisions are '
'specified using JSON that may include '
'//-comments. No REFORM filename implies use '
'of current-law policy.'),
default=None)
parser.add_argument('--taxsim2441',
help=('optional flag to emulate the Internet-TAXSIM '
'practice of approximating the number of '
'children eligible for the child care expense '
'credit on Form 2441 by the total number of '
'dependents of any age. The default practice '
'is to approximate with the number of '
'dependents under age 17.'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('INPUT',
help=('INPUT is name of required file that contains '
'tax-filing-unit information in Internet-TAXSIM '
'format.'))
args = parser.parse_args()
# optionally show INPUT and OUTPUT variable definitions and exit
if args.iohelp:
SimpleTaxIO.show_iovar_definitions()
return 0
# instantiate SimpleTaxIO object and do tax calculations
simtax = SimpleTaxIO(input_filename=args.INPUT,
reform_filename=args.reform,
emulate_taxsim_2441_logic=args.taxsim2441)
simtax.calculate()
# return no-error exit code
return 0
def test_3(input_file): # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
"""
Test SimpleTaxIO calculate method with a policy reform from dictionary.
"""
policy_reform = {
2016: {'_SS_Earnings_c': [300000]},
2018: {'_SS_Earnings_c': [500000]},
2020: {'_SS_Earnings_c': [700000]}
}
simtax = SimpleTaxIO(input_filename=input_file.name,
reform=policy_reform,
emulate_taxsim_2441_logic=False)
simtax.calculate()
assert simtax.number_input_lines() == NUM_INPUT_LINES
def test_3(input_file): # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
"""
Test SimpleTaxIO calculate method with a policy reform from dictionary.
"""
policy_reform = {
2016: {'_SS_Earnings_c': [300000]},
2018: {'_SS_Earnings_c': [500000]},
2020: {'_SS_Earnings_c': [700000]}
}
simtax = SimpleTaxIO(input_filename=input_file.name,
reform=policy_reform,
emulate_taxsim_2441_logic=False,
output_records=False)
simtax.calculate()
assert simtax.number_input_lines() == NUM_INPUT_LINES
def main():
"""
Contains command-line interface to the Tax-Calculator SimpleTaxIO class.
"""
# parse command-line arguments:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog="python simtax.py",
description=(
"Writes to a file the federal tax OUTPUT for the tax "
"filing units specified in the INPUT file with the "
"OUTPUT computed from the INPUT using the Tax-Calculator."
" Both the INPUT and OUTPUT files use Internet-TAXSIM "
"format. The OUTPUT filename is the INPUT filename "
'with the ".out-simtax" string appended if no --reform '
"option is specified; otherwise the OUTPUT filename is "
'the INPUT filename with the ".out-simtax-REFORM" string '
'appended (excluding any ".json" ending to the REFORM '
"filename). The OUTPUT file contains the first 28 "
"Internet-TAXSIM output variables. Use --iohelp flag "
"for more information. For details on Internet-TAXSIM "
"version 9.3 INPUT and OUTPUT formats, go to "
"http://users.nber.org/~taxsim/taxsim-calc9/"
),
)
parser.add_argument(
"--iohelp",
help=(
"optional flag to show INPUT and OUTPUT "
"variable definitions and exit without trying "
"to read the INPUT file, so INPUT can be any "
"meaningless character (e.g., x or ?"
),
default=False,
action="store_true",
)
parser.add_argument(
"--reform",
help=(
"REFORM is name of optional file that contains "
"tax reform provisions; the provisions are "
"specified using JSON that may include "
"//-comments. No REFORM filename implies use "
"of current-law policy."
),
default=None,
)
parser.add_argument(
"--taxsim2441",
help=(
"optional flag to emulate the Internet-TAXSIM "
"practice of approximating the number of "
"children eligible for the child care expense "
"credit on Form 2441 by the total number of "
"dependents of any age. The default practice "
"is to approximate with the number of "
"dependents under age 17."
),
default=False,
action="store_true",
)
parser.add_argument(
"INPUT",
help=(
"INPUT is name of required file that contains " "tax-filing-unit information in Internet-TAXSIM " "format."
),
)
args = parser.parse_args()
# optionally show INPUT and OUTPUT variable definitions and exit
if args.iohelp:
SimpleTaxIO.show_iovar_definitions()
return 0
# instantiate SimpleTaxIO object and do tax calculations
simtax = SimpleTaxIO(
input_filename=args.INPUT, reform_filename=args.reform, emulate_taxsim_2441_logic=args.taxsim2441
)
simtax.calculate()
# return no-error exit code
return 0
def main():
"""
Contains command-line interface to the Tax-Calculator SimpleTaxIO class.
"""
# parse command-line arguments:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog='python simtax.py',
description=('Writes to a file the federal tax OUTPUT for the tax '
'filing units specified in the INPUT file with the '
'OUTPUT computed from the INPUT using the Tax-Calculator.'
' Both the INPUT and OUTPUT files use Internet-TAXSIM '
'format. The OUTPUT filename is the INPUT filename '
'with the ".out-simtax" string appended if no --reform '
'option is specified; otherwise the OUTPUT filename is '
'the INPUT filename with the ".out-simtax-REFORM" string '
'appended (excluding any ".json" ending to the REFORM '
'filename). The OUTPUT file contains the first 28 '
'Internet-TAXSIM output variables. Use --iohelp flag '
'for more information. For details on Internet-TAXSIM '
'version 9.3 INPUT and OUTPUT formats, go to '
'http://users.nber.org/~taxsim/taxsim-calc9/'))
parser.add_argument('--iohelp',
help=('optional flag to show INPUT and OUTPUT '
'variable definitions and exit without trying '
'to read the INPUT file, so INPUT can be any '
'meaningless character (e.g., x or ?'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('--reform',
help=('REFORM is name of optional file that contains '
'tax reform provisions; the provisions are '
'specified using JSON that may include '
'//-comments. No REFORM filename implies use '
'of current-law policy.'),
default=None)
parser.add_argument('--taxsim2441',
help=('optional flag to emulate the Internet-TAXSIM '
'practice of approximating the number of '
'children eligible for the child care expense '
'credit on Form 2441 by the total number of '
'dependents of any age. The default practice '
'is to approximate with the number of '
'dependents under age 17.'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('--records',
help=('optional flag that causes the output file to '
'be a CSV-formatted file containing for each '
'INPUT filing unit the TAXYEAR values of each '
'variable in the Records.VALID_READ_VARS set. '
'If the --records option is specified, the '
'output file name will be the same as if the '
'option was not specified, except that the '
'".out-simtax" part is replaced by ".records"'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('INPUT',
help=('INPUT is name of required file that contains '
'tax-filing-unit information in Internet-TAXSIM '
'format.'))
args = parser.parse_args()
# optionally show INPUT and OUTPUT variable definitions and exit
if args.iohelp:
SimpleTaxIO.show_iovar_definitions()
return 0
# instantiate SimpleTaxIO object and do tax calculations
simtax = SimpleTaxIO(input_filename=args.INPUT,
reform=args.reform,
emulate_taxsim_2441_logic=args.taxsim2441,
output_records=args.records)
simtax.calculate(writing_output_file=True)
# return no-error exit code
return 0
def main():
"""
Contains command-line interface to the Tax-Calculator SimpleTaxIO class.
"""
# parse command-line arguments:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog='python simtax.py',
description=('Writes to a file the federal tax OUTPUT for the tax '
'filing units specified in the INPUT file with the '
'OUTPUT computed from the INPUT using the Tax-Calculator.'
' Both the INPUT and OUTPUT files use Internet-TAXSIM '
'format. The OUTPUT filename is the INPUT filename '
'with the ".out-simtax" string appended if no --reform '
'option is specified; otherwise the OUTPUT filename is '
'the INPUT filename with the ".out-simtax-REFORM" string '
'appended (excluding any ".json" ending to the REFORM '
'filename). The OUTPUT file contains the first 28 '
'Internet-TAXSIM output variables. Use --iohelp flag '
'for more information. For details on Internet-TAXSIM '
'version 9.3 INPUT and OUTPUT formats, go to '
'http://users.nber.org/~taxsim/taxsim-calc9/'))
parser.add_argument('--iohelp',
help=('optional flag to show INPUT and OUTPUT '
'variable definitions and exit'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('--reform',
help=('REFORM is name of optional file that contains '
'tax reform "policy" parameters (any "behavior" '
'or "growth" or "consumption" parameters are '
'ignored); the REFORM file is specified using '
'JSON that may include //-comments. No --reform '
'implies use of current-law policy.'),
default=None)
parser.add_argument('--exact',
help=('optional flag to suppress smoothing in income '
'tax calculations that eliminate marginal-tax-'
'rate-complicating "stair-steps". The default '
'is to smooth, and therefore, not to do the '
' exact calculations called for in the tax '
'law.'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('--taxsim2441',
help=('optional flag to emulate the Internet-TAXSIM '
'practice of approximating the number of '
'children eligible for the child care expense '
'credit on Form 2441 by the total number of '
'dependents of any age. The default practice '
'is to approximate with the number of '
'dependents under age 17.'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('--records',
help=('optional flag that causes the output file to '
'be a CSV-formatted file containing for each '
'INPUT filing unit the TAXYEAR values of each '
'variable in the Records.USABLE_READ_VARS set. '
'If the --records option is specified, the '
'output file name will be the same as if the '
'option was not specified, except that the '
'"out-simtax" part is replaced by "records"'),
default=False,
action="store_true")
parser.add_argument('INPUT', nargs='?', default='',
help=('INPUT is name of required file that contains '
'tax-filing-unit information in Internet-TAXSIM '
'format.'))
args = parser.parse_args()
# optionally show INPUT and OUTPUT variable definitions and exit
if args.iohelp:
SimpleTaxIO.show_iovar_definitions()
return 0
# check INPUT filename
if args.INPUT == '':
sys.stderr.write('ERROR: must specify INPUT file name;\n')
sys.stderr.write('USAGE: python simtax.py --help\n')
return 1
# instantiate SimpleTaxIO object and do tax calculations
simtax = SimpleTaxIO(input_filename=args.INPUT,
reform=args.reform,
exact_calculations=args.exact,
emulate_taxsim_2441_logic=args.taxsim2441,
output_records=args.records)
simtax.calculate(writing_output_file=True, exact_output=args.exact)
# return no-error exit code
return 0
