Reset Georgia income tax rate to constant 5.19%#7698
Reset Georgia income tax rate to constant 5.19%#7698DTrim99 merged 2 commits intoPolicyEngine:mainfrom
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Remove premature conditional rate reductions (2026-2028) from Georgia income tax parameters. Per HB 1001 and the State Auditor's fiscal note, future rate cuts are contingent on revenue targets that current budget projections suggest won't be met until 2029-2030. Fixes PolicyEngine#7697 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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LGTM if reference is adjusted
CI NoteThe failing microsimulation test ( This PR only modifies Georgia income tax rate parameters (removing 2026-2028 scheduled rate reductions). The failing test checks whether Evidence that this is not caused by this PR:
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Summary
Background
Per statute and the State Auditor's fiscal note of HB1001 (February 24, 2026), the scheduled rate reductions are conditional on revenue targets:
Current budget projections suggest these conditions might not be met until tax years 2029-2030, not 2026-2028 as previously encoded.
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policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/tax/income/main/single.yamlpolicyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/tax/income/main/joint.yamlpolicyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/tax/income/main/head_of_household.yamlpolicyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/tax/income/main/separate.yamlpolicyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ga/tax/income/main/surviving_spouse.yamlTest plan
Fixes #7697
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