Tax-Calculator GrowFactors

Tax-Calculator GrowFactors

taxcalc.growfactors

class taxcalc.growfactors.GrowFactors(growfactors_filename=None)

Constructor for the GrowFactors class.

Parameters:

growfactors_filename (None or string) – string is path to the CSV file in which grow factors reside; default value of None uses file containing puf/cps grow factors.

Raises:

ValueError: – if growfactors_filename is neither None or a string. if growfactors_filename string points to a non-existent file.

Returns:

class instance

Return type:

GrowFactors

Notes

Typical usage is “gfactor = GrowFactors()”, which produces an object containing baseline growth factors in the GrowFactors.FILE_NAME file, which is for use with puf and cps data from the taxdata repository.

factor_value(name, year)

Return value of factor with specified name for specified year.

price_inflation_rates(firstyear, lastyear)

Return list of price inflation rates rounded to four decimal digits.

update(name, year, diff)

Add to self.gfdf (for name and year) the specified diff amount.

wage_growth_rates(firstyear, lastyear)

Return list of wage growth rates rounded to four decimal digits.