Add South Carolina dataset exploration#120
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Adds data exploration notebook and summary CSV for South Carolina (SC) dataset: - Household and person counts (weighted) - AGI distribution (median, average, percentiles) at household and person level - Households with children breakdown - Children by age group demographics - Income bracket analysis Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add H.4216 reform analysis notebook using PolicyEngine microsimulation - Include RFA official analysis data for comparison - Add detailed comparison markdown explaining $159M difference: - PE shows +$40M revenue vs RFA's -$119M - Key difference: SCIAD phase-out treatment for upper-middle income - Implementation uses AGI - SCIAD vs federal taxable income Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Key findings: - PE has 7.85x more $0 income returns vs RFA - PE has ~50% fewer returns in $100k-$300k brackets - PE has 1.9x more millionaire returns paying 78% higher avg tax - Total baseline revenue similar ($6.52B vs $6.40B) but composition differs - PE derives 48% of SC income tax from millionaires vs RFA's 15% Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
PE includes non-filers which explains 540k extra returns in $0 bracket Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Key SC Statistics
H.4216 Tax Reform Analysis
Compares PolicyEngine microsimulation results against official RFA (Revenue & Fiscal Affairs) analysis.
Key Differences
The $159M discrepancy is primarily due to:
See
h4216_analysis_comparison.mdfor detailed analysis.Files Added
us/states/sc/data_exploration.ipynb- SC dataset explorationus/states/sc/sc_dataset_summary_weighted.csv- Dataset summaryus/states/sc/sc_h4216_reform_analysis.ipynb- H.4216 reform analysisus/states/sc/sc_h4216_tax_impact_analysis.csv- PE analysis resultsus/states/sc/rfa_h4216_analysis.csv- RFA official analysisus/states/sc/h4216_analysis_comparison.md- Comparison analysisTest plan
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