codykallen

Asset, wealth and capital imputations

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Given a serious focus by candidates on the taxation of various types of wealth, I believe we need to impute detailed information on assets, liabilities, and capital transactions. I believe...

PUF asset imputation using SCF data

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I've been thinking that it may be useful to attempt to impute asset information for PUF and/or CPS records., using the Survey of Consumer Finances. They have a public use...

Marital status handling for matching

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When conducting matching between the PUF and the CPS, how do you handle the issue of comparing marital status across the two datasets. Specifically, the PUF has married filing jointly...

Missing variables in CPS file

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To allow people outside the OSPC to use B-Tax (beyond the limited capabilities of the webapp), they would need to be able to use the CPS instead. It is simple...

Components of interest deduction

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In functions.py in Tax-Calculator, I believe the only interest deduction we use is e19200, defined as Sch. A: total interest deduction. Realistically, there are different components, and it could be...