Weekly policyengine-us update

[policyengine]

Summary

Automated weekly update of policyengine-us.

Related to #1178

Version Updates

Package	Old Version	New Version
policyengine_us	1.600.0	1.626.1

What Changed (policyengine_us 1.600.0 → 1.626.1)

Added

• Add ORG-backed hourly_wage and is_union_member_or_covered input variables.
• Added contributed EITC reforms for child poverty impact dashboard: EITC match reforms for AL, AR, AZ, GA, ID, KY, MS, ND, and WV; refundable EITC reforms for MO and OH; and a fully refundable EITC reform for UT (including childless filers).
• Add Alaska State Supplementary Payment (Adult Public Assistance).
• Implement Alabama State Supplementary Payment (SSP).
• Add FY2016-FY2020 SNAP allotments, deductions, shelter cap, asset limits, and homeless deduction.
• Add Delaware State Supplementary Payment (SSP).
• Backdate Illinois TANF parameters.
• Add structural federal mortgage interest deduction modeling using mortgage balances, interest amounts, and origination years.
• Backdate TANF non-cash BBCE parameters to FY2016 and fix CO BBCE bug.
• Backdate SNAP constant parameters to FY2016 (2015-10-01) for pre-2018 coverage.
• Implement Utah 2026 tax bills: SB60 (income tax rate 4.5% → 4.45%), HB290 (child tax credit phase-out threshold increases)
• Add New Hampshire CCAP.
• Backdate Indiana TANF parameters to 1997 program inception. Differentiate applicant vs. recipient income deductions with 4-month earned income disregard limit.
• Backdate Colorado SSP parameters.
• Backdate Massachusetts SSP parameters to 2002.
• Add comprehensive SNAP utility allowance data: FY2019-FY2026 values for all states, split Alaska into 6 sub-regions and New York into 3 sub-regions with county mapping, add household-size-based SUA/BUA for AZ/NC/TN/VA, and add HI/GU individual utility allowances (electricity, gas, water) varying by household size.
• Backdate California TANF (CalWORKs) parameters.
• Add NY S9110 personal income tax rate reform.
• Add Alabama HB527 overtime compensation deduction reform.
• Backdate Kentucky K-TAP parameters to 1997, add unified earned income disregard formula with time-limited month proxy, and make all deductions fully per-person per MS 2840.
• Add contributed reform for Michigan Child Tax Credit (HB 4055).
• Add state and local payroll-funded contribution modeling for employee and employer taxes, including integration of employee-side payroll contributions into household net income.
• Add employer-side FUTA and state unemployment payroll taxes, and include them in employer payroll tax and cost of employment outputs.
• Added WA SSB 6346 reform: 9.9% income tax on high earners.
• Add contributed reform for North Carolina EITC match.
• Backdate blind SGA parameter values to 1975.
• Backdate school meal reimbursement amounts (NSLP/SBP) to 2015 and add 2024 rates.

Changed

• Backdate CT TANF parameters.
• Backdated ACA rating-area SLCSP premiums to 2018 through 2023 using the archived KFF representative-ZIP backfill.
• Backdate federal TANF earned and unearned income source parameters to 1997-07-01.
• Backdate Washington TANF parameters.
• Backdate Nebraska ADC parameters.
• Update DC CDCC match rate to 24.25% for tax year 2026+ per DC Code 47-1806.04(c)(1)(B), as amended by the FY2025 Budget Support Act (D.C. Act 25-506, sec. 7032).
• Backdate Montana TANF parameters and fix FPL year pinning.
• Update Nevada TANF need standard with 2025-04-01 values.
• Backdate MA TAFDC clothing allowance, WY POWER payment standards, and fix NV TANF broken references.
• Backdate Mississippi TANF parameters to 2017.
• Add employer-side local payroll taxes for Seattle, St. Louis, Oregon transit districts, and Colorado occupational privilege taxes using aggregate employer inputs.

Fixed

• Fix Head Start categorical eligibility to correctly separate person-level (foster care) from family-level (TANF, SSI, SNAP) aggregation.
• Fix CA CalWORKs per-person applicant earned income disregard and update broken references.
• Fix Montana income tax incorrectly applying preferential LTCG rates when net capital gains are negative.
• Fix MA gross income to allow self-employment losses to offset other 5% income.
• Fix Arkansas military exemptions: exclude active-duty pay from gross income and correct military retirement/pension interaction per ACA 26-51-306 and 26-51-307(e)(f).
• Fix Mississippi joint-filer deduction and exemption allocation to minimize combined tax.
• Add Missouri $1,400 head of household additional exemption (MO-1040 Line 15).
• Fix Missouri's 2025 capital gains subtraction to use federally reported capital gains, including positive short-term gains.
• Keep Oklahoma's pension subtraction cap at $10,000 per person for 2024+ and fix related Oklahoma income tax regressions.
• Gate Minnesota M1CWFC child tax credit on EIC investment income eligibility, matching form instructions.
• Fix MSP married couple income test to aggregate both spouses' incomes before applying SSI exclusions, preventing the effective doubling of the household income limit.
• Fixed individual_eitc (Winship) reform not responding to parameter changes in the app.
• Fix Virginia spouse tax adjustment to calculate separate VAGI per person instead of prorating combined VAGI.
• Remove broken Deploy job that attempted cross-repo API bumps; downstream repos now self-update via cron workflows.

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