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PENSIM input table ITNOF

Table with time-trending federal income-tax filing probability parameters. The decision about whether a tax unit is simulated to file a return is made after all the tax calculations are completed and the tax unit's income-tax-related amounts are all known.

*** IMPORTANT NOTE *** PENSIM:RUN.use_inctax must be set to true (T) in order to activate income-tax logic in PENSIM and GEMINI:RUN.use_inctax must be set to true (T) in order to activate income-tax logic in GEMINI.

Parent table is: INCTAX

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PENSIM:   ITNOF . id
Identifies behavioral parameters that can vary across calendar years, so more than one row can have the same id value.

Valid values: 1 to 999999999, Integer

PENSIM:   ITNOF . notes
Describes specification of table row in free-form note.

Valid values: any ASCII text, Memo (Note: do not copy and paste from a word processor because of the possibility of embedded non-ASCII characters.

PENSIM:   ITNOF . cal_year
Calendar year for which behavioral parameter values apply.

Valid values: 2004 to LAST, Integer where LAST is cohort birth year plus 134 years

PENSIM:   ITNOF . eitc_c
Probability of filing an income tax return when a tax unit is eligible to receive a positive EITC amount is a linear function of the ratio of the tax unit's EITC credit amount and the SSA average wage index (AWI) in that year. The linear probability function is eitc_c + eitc_s*100*R, where R denotes the tax unit's EITC-to-AWI ratio.

Valid values: -10.0 to 10.0, Real

PENSIM:   ITNOF . eitc_s
Probability of filing an income tax return when a tax unit is eligible to receive a positive EITC amount is a linear function of the ratio of the tax unit's EITC credit amount and the SSA average wage index (AWI) in that year. The linear probability function is eitc_c + eitc_s*100*R, where R denotes the tax unit's EITC-to-AWI ratio.

Valid values: -10.0 to 10.0, Real

PENSIM:   ITNOF . other_c
Probability of filing an income tax return when a tax unit is not eligible to receive a positive EITC amount is a linear function of the tax unit's AGI-to-standard-deduction ratio. The linear probability function is c + (1-c)*R, where R denotes the tax unit's AGI-to-standard-deduction ratio and c denotes the value of this other_c parameter.

Valid values: 0.0 to 1.0, Real