Tax free childcare #1001
Tax free childcare #1001
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| eligible = ( | ||
| meets_age_condition & | ||
| meets_income_condition & | ||
| meets_work_condition & | ||
| meets_incompatibility & | ||
| income_eligible | ||
| ) |
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we should make the eligibility its own variable and use
defined_for = "tax_free_childcare_eligible"
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we then can just return the capped contribution
| p = parameters(period).gov.tax_free_childcare | ||
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| # Check eligibility conditions from your YAML files | ||
| meets_age_condition = benunit("child_age_eligible", period) |
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is this variable defined in the UK repository - if not we need to add a separate class checking the age against a threshold which is added as a separate yaml file
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similar question for other eligibility conditions
| values: | ||
| 2010-01-01: 0.77 | ||
| metadata: | ||
| unit: /1 |
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| from policyengine_uk import Microsimulation | |||
| from policyengine_core.reforms import Reform | |||
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we should not need to apply a structural reform if the program is part of the law
| conditions: | ||
| - age >= 21 AND ( | ||
| yearly_eligible_income / 4 >= 2379 OR | ||
| (is_newly_self_employed AND business_age_months < 12) | ||
| ) | ||
| - (age >= 18 AND age <= 20) AND ( | ||
| yearly_eligible_income / 4 >= 1788 OR | ||
| (is_newly_self_employed AND business_age_months < 12) | ||
| ) | ||
| - (age < 18 OR is_apprentice) AND ( | ||
| yearly_eligible_income / 4 >= 1331 OR | ||
| (is_newly_self_employed AND business_age_months < 12) | ||
| ) |
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Are all of these income and age parameters part of the model? We usually test just direct inputs in the unit tests and keep the parameters constant
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Are these files meant to be included? I don't think they should be
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It has merging conflicts. I opened a new PR. |
Overview
This PR implements the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme calculation in PolicyEngine UK. The scheme provides government contributions towards childcare costs for eligible families. (Documentation link)
Key Features
Fixes #1002