policyengine-taxsim

TAXSIM emulator using the PolicyEngine US federal and state tax calculator

How to install the emulator

git clone https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-taxsim
pip install -U policyengine-us

How to use the emulator

The emulator takes a .raw file in the form of a csv. This is the same form of input that Taxsim-35 takes.

In terminal, run python3 /Path/to/taxsim_emulator.py /Path/to/your/input_file.raw

Example

input:

If the emulator and input file are in the current working directory, run:

python3 taxsim_emulator.py taxsim_input.raw

List of working input variables

Demographics:

1. taxsimid
2. year
3. state
4. mstat (only 1 (single) and 2 (joint) filing options work)
5. page (age of primary taxpayer)
6. sage (age of spouse)
7. depx (number of dependents)
8. age1 (age of first dependent)
9. age2 (age of second dependent)
10. age3 (age of third dependent)

Income:

1. pwages (wage of primary taxpayer)
2. swages (wage of spouse)
3. psemp (self-employment income of primary taxpayer)
4. ssemp (self-employment income of spouse)
5. dividends (dividend income)
6. intrec (taxable interest received)
7. stcg (short-term capital gains)
8. ltcg (long-term capital gains)
9. pui (primary taxpayer unemployment compensation received)
10. sui (spouse unemployment compensation received)
11. proptax (real estate taxes paid)