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"A Fact Graph is a DAG, just like Excel." [1] A DAG won't work for everything! For example, the advance premium tax credit (i.e., the means-tested Obamacare hea
by throw678937 1y ago
"A Fact Graph is a DAG, just like Excel." [1]
A DAG won't work for everything! For example, the advance premium tax credit (i.e., the means-tested Obamacare health premium subsidy) has a circular relationship with the above-the-line deduction that self-employed people can take for healthcare costs. The IRS says you can iterate until you get stable values. [2]
[1] https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file/blob/main/direct-file/fact-graph-scala/shared/src/main/scala/_tutorial/01_introduction.worksheet.sc https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file/blob/main/direct-f...
[2] https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-14-41.pdf https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-14-41.pdf