Merge pull request #296 from PSLmodels/fix-Policy

Add more uses of Tax-Calculator Policy.tmd_constructor
PSLmodels · Nov 12, 2024 · 983a1eb · 983a1eb
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diff --git a/tmd/create_taxcalc_cached_files.py b/tmd/create_taxcalc_cached_files.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def create_cached_files():
     for each variable in the CACHED_TAXCALC_VARIABLES list.
     """
     # calculate all Tax-Calculator variables for TAX_YEAR
-    pol = tc.Policy()
+    pol = tc.Policy.tmd_constructor(growfactors_path=GFFILE_PATH)
     rec = tc.Records.tmd_constructor(
         data_path=INFILE_PATH,
         weights_path=WTFILE_PATH,

diff --git a/tmd/utils/taxcalc_utils.py b/tmd/utils/taxcalc_utils.py
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ def add_taxcalc_outputs(
         exact_calculations=True,
         weights_scale=1.0,
     )
-    policy = tc.Policy()
+    if isinstance(growfactors, pathlib.PosixPath):
+        policy = tc.Policy.tmd_constructor(growfactors_path=growfactors)
+    else:
+        policy = tc.Policy()
     if reform:
         policy.implement_reform(reform)
     simulation = tc.Calculator(records=rec, policy=policy)