Tax-Brain Report Utilities¶
report_utils
taxbrain.report_utils¶
Helper Functions for creating the automated reports
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taxbrain.report_utils.
behavioral_assumptions
(tb)[source]¶ Return list of behavioral assumptions used
- Parameters
tb (TaxBrain object) – instance of TaxBrain object for analysis
- Returns
assumptions – list of behavioral assumptions used
- Return type
list
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taxbrain.report_utils.
consumption_assumptions
(tb)[source]¶ Create table of consumption assumptions used in analysis
- Parameters
tb (TaxBrain object) – instance of TaxBrain object for analysis
- Returns
md_tables – table of consumption assumptions for report
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
convert_params
(params)[source]¶ Convert ParamTools style parameter inputs to traditional taxcalc style parameters for report policy table creation
- Parameters
params (dict) – ParamTools style reform dictionary
- Returns
reform – a dictionary in traditional taxcalc style
- Return type
dict
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taxbrain.report_utils.
convert_table
(df, tablefmt: str = 'pipe') → str[source]¶ Convert pandas DataFrame to Markdown style table
- Parameters
df (Pandas DataFrame) – DataFrame to convert
- Returns
String that is a formatted markdown table
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
date
()[source]¶ Return formatted date
- Parameters
None –
- Returns
- Return type
None
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taxbrain.report_utils.
dollar_str_formatting
(val: Union[int, float]) → str[source]¶ Format dollar figures into $val trillion, $val billion, etc.
- Parameters
val (float) – revenue amount
- Returns
formatted dollar figure
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
form_baseline_intro
(current_law)[source]¶ Form final sentence of introduction paragraph
- Parameters
current_law (bool) – whether report is for the current law baseline
- Returns
text or intro of baseline summary
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
form_intro
(pol_areas, description=None)[source]¶ Form the introduction line
- Parameters
pol_areas (list) – list of all the policy areas included in the reform used to create a description of the reform
description (str) – user provided description of the reform
- Returns
introduction text for report
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
growth_assumptions
(tb)[source]¶ Create a table with all of the growth assumptions used in the analysis
- Parameters
tb (TaxBrain object) – instance of TaxBrain object for analysis
- Returns
md_tables – table of growth assumptions for report
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
largest_tax_change
(diff)[source]¶ Function to find the largest change in tax liability
- Parameters
diff (Pandas DataFrame) – Differences table created by taxbrain
- Returns
largest_change_group (str) – string relating group with the largest change
largest_change_str (str) – string relating size of largest change
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taxbrain.report_utils.
md_to_pdf
(md_text, outputfile_path)[source]¶ Convert Markdown version of report to a PDF. Returns bytes that can be saved as a PDF
- Parameters
md_text (str) – report template written in markdown
outputfile_path (str) – path to where the final file sohould be written
- Returns
Markdown text is saved as a PDF and the HTML used to create the report
- Return type
None
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taxbrain.report_utils.
notable_changes
(tb, threshold: float) → str[source]¶ Find any notable changes in certain variables. “Notable” is defined as a percentage change above the given threshold.
- Parameters
tb (TaxBrain object) – instance of TaxBrain object for analysis
threshold (float) – Percentage change in an aggregate variable for it to be considered notable
- Returns
section – text for section on notable changes
- Return type
str
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taxbrain.report_utils.
policy_table
(params)[source]¶ Create a table showing the policy parameters in a reform and their default value
- Parameters
params (dict) – policy parameters being implemented
- Returns
md_tables – String containing a markdown style table that summarized the given parameters
- Return type
str