This section contains documentation of output variables in a format that is easy to search and print. The output variables are ordered alphabetically by name. There are no subsections, just a long list of output variables that Tax-Calculator is programmed to calculate.
aftertax_income¶
Description: After tax income is equal to expanded_income minus combined
Datatype: float
auto_loan_interest_deduction¶
Description: Deduction for payment of qualified auto loan interest
Datatype: float
benefit_cost_total¶
Description: Government cost of all benefits received by tax unit
Datatype: float
benefit_value_total¶
Description: Consumption value of all benefits received by tax unit, which is included in expanded_income
Datatype: float
c00100¶
Description: Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Datatype: float
c01000¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
c02500¶
Description: Social security (OASDI) benefits included in AGI
Datatype: float
c02900¶
Description: Total of all ‘above the line’ income adjustments to get AGI
Datatype: float
c03260¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
c04470¶
Description: Itemized deductions after limitations (zero for non-itemizers)
Datatype: float
c04600¶
Description: Personal exemptions after phase-out
Datatype: float
c04800¶
Description: Regular taxable income
Datatype: float
c05200¶
Description: Tax amount from Sch X,Y,Z tables
Datatype: float
c05700¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
c05800¶
Description: Total (regular + AMT) income tax liability before credits (equals taxbc plus c09600)
Datatype: float
c07100¶
Description: Total non-refundable credits used to reduce positive tax liability
Datatype: float
c07180¶
Description: Nonrefundable credit for child and dependent care expenses from Form 2441
Datatype: float
c07200¶
Description: Schedule R credit for the elderly and the disabled
Datatype: float
c07220¶
Description: Child tax credit (adjusted) from Form 8812
Datatype: float
c07230¶
Description: Education tax credits non-refundable amount from Form 8863 (includes c87668)
Datatype: float
c07240¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
c07260¶
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Datatype: float
c07300¶
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Datatype: float
c07400¶
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Datatype: float
c07600¶
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Datatype: float
c08000¶
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Datatype: float
c09200¶
Description: Income tax liability (including othertaxes) after non-refundable credits are used, but before refundable credits are applied
Datatype: float
c09600¶
Description: Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) liability
Datatype: float
c10960¶
Description: American Opportunity Credit refundable amount from Form 8863
Datatype: float
c11070¶
Description: Child tax credit (refunded) from Form 8812
Datatype: float
c17000¶
Description: Sch A: Medical expenses deducted (component of pre-limitation c21060 total)
Datatype: float
c18300¶
Description: Sch A: State and local taxes plus real estate taxes deducted (component of pre-limitation c21060 total)
Datatype: float
c19200¶
Description: Sch A: Interest deducted (component of pre-limitation c21060 total)
Datatype: float
c19700¶
Description: Sch A: Charity contributions deducted (component of pre-limitation c21060 total)
Datatype: float
c20500¶
Description: Sch A: Net casualty or theft loss deducted (component of pre-limitation c21060 total)
Datatype: float
c20800¶
Description: Sch A: Net limited miscellaneous deductions deducted (component of pre-limitation c21060 total)
Datatype: float
c21040¶
Description: Itemized deductions that are phased out
Datatype: float
c21060¶
Description: Itemized deductions before phase-out (zero for non-itemizers)
Datatype: float
c23650¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
c32800¶
Description: Child and dependent care expenses capped by policy (not by earnings)
Datatype: float
c59660¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
c62100¶
Description: Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) taxable income
Datatype: float
c87668¶
Description: American Opportunity Credit non-refundable amount from Form 8863 (included in c07230)
Datatype: float
care_deduction¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
CDCC_refund¶
Description: Refundable credit for child and dependent care expenses from Form 2441
Datatype: float
charity_credit¶
Description: Credit for charitable giving
Datatype: float
codtc_limited¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
combined¶
Description: Sum of iitax and payrolltax and lumpsum_tax
Datatype: float
credit_claim_urn¶
Description: Uniform random number used in EITC/ACTC claiming logic, which implies correlated claimning behavior across different credits
Datatype: unchanging_float
ctc_new¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
ctc_nonrefundable¶
Description: Portion of total CTC amount that is nonrefundable
Datatype: float
ctc_refundable¶
Description: Portion of total CTC amount that is refundable
Datatype: float
ctc_total¶
Description: Total CTC amount (c07220 + c11070 + odc + ctc_new)
Datatype: float
dwks10¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
dwks13¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
dwks14¶
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Datatype: float
dwks18¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
dwks43¶
Description: separate tax on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends
Datatype: float
earned¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
earned_p¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
earned_s¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
eitc¶
Description: Earned Income Credit
Datatype: float
exact¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: int
expanded_income¶
Description: Broad income measure that includes benefit_value_total
Datatype: float
fstax¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
iitax¶
Description: Total federal individual income tax liability; appears as INCTAX variable in tc CLI minimal output
Datatype: float
invinc_agi_ec¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
invinc_ec_base¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
lumpsum_tax¶
Description: Lumpsum (or head) tax; appears as LSTAX variable in tc CLI minimal output
Datatype: float
mtr_inctax¶
Description: Marginal income tax rate (in percentage terms) on extra taxpayer earnings (e00200p)
Datatype: float
mtr_paytax¶
Description: Marginal payroll tax rate (in percentage terms) on extra taxpayer earnings (e00200p)
Datatype: float
niit¶
Description: Net Investment Income Tax from Form 8960
Datatype: float
nontaxable_ubi¶
Description: Amount of UBI benefit excluded from AGI
Datatype: float
num¶
Description: 2 when MARS is 2 (married filing jointly); otherwise 1
Datatype: int
odc¶
Description: Other Dependent Credit
Datatype: float
othertaxes¶
Description: Other taxes: sum of niit, e09700, e09800 and e09900 (included in c09200)
Datatype: float
overtime_income_deduction¶
Description: Deduction for qualified overtime income
Datatype: float
payrolltax¶
Description: Total (employee + employer) payroll tax liability; appears as PAYTAX variable in tc CLI minimal output (payrolltax = ptax_was)
Datatype: float
personal_nonrefundable_credit¶
Description: Personal nonrefundable credit
Datatype: float
personal_refundable_credit¶
Description: Personal refundable credit
Datatype: float
pre_c04600¶
Description: Personal exemption before phase-out
Datatype: float
ptax_amc¶
Description: Additional Medicare Tax from Form 8959 (included in othertaxes and iitax)
Datatype: float
ptax_er_p¶
Description: Taxpayer’s employer share of OASDI+HI FICA payroll tax on wages and salaries; excludes self-employment tax (which has no employer share) and is therefore invariant under the soi_iitax bucketing switch
Datatype: float
ptax_er_s¶
Description: Spouse’s employer share of OASDI+HI FICA payroll tax on wages and salaries; excludes self-employment tax (which has no employer share) and is therefore invariant under the soi_iitax bucketing switch
Datatype: float
ptax_oasdi¶
Description: Employee + employer OASDI FICA tax plus self-employment tax
Datatype: float
ptax_was¶
Description: Employee + employer OASDI + HI FICA tax
Datatype: float
qbided¶
Description: Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction
Datatype: float
recovery_rebate_credit¶
Description: Recovery Rebate Credit, from American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Datatype: float
refund¶
Description: Total refundable income tax credits
Datatype: float
senior_deduction¶
Description: Deduction for elderly head and/or spouse
Datatype: float
setax¶
Description: Self-employment tax (included in othertaxes and iitax)
Datatype: float
sey¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
standard¶
Description: Standard deduction (zero for itemizers)
Datatype: float
surtax¶
Description: search taxcalc/calcfunctions.py for how calculated and used
Datatype: float
taxable_ubi¶
Description: Amount of UBI benefit included in AGI
Datatype: float
taxbc¶
Description: Regular tax on regular taxable income before credits
Datatype: float
tip_income_deduction¶
Description: Deduction for qualified tip income
Datatype: float
ubi¶
Description: Universal Basic Income benefit for filing unit
Datatype: float
ymod¶
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Datatype: float
ymod1¶
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Datatype: float