@@ -39,22 +39,20 @@ validation of those data.
3939
4040### 2011 IRS public use data (` puf.csv ` )
4141
42- The taxdata repository also produces a weights file and ratios file
43- for use with the 2011 IRS-SOI Public Use File (PUF). For
44- users who have purchased their own version of the 2011 PUF, the ` puf.csv ` ,
45- ` puf_weights.csv.gz ` and ` puf_ratios.csv ` files from the taxdata repository,
46- can be used by Tax-Calculator using the ` Records.puf_constructor(...) `
47- static method.
42+ The taxdata repository also produces an input variables file, weights
43+ file, and ratios file, using the 2011 IRS-SOI Public Use File (PUF).
44+ For users who have purchased from IRS-SOI their own version of the
45+ 2011 PUF, the ` puf.csv ` , ` puf_weights.csv.gz ` and ` puf_ratios.csv `
46+ files from the taxdata repository, can be used by Tax-Calculator using
47+ the ` Records.puf_constructor(...) ` static method.
4848
4949We refer users of the PUF to the IRS limitations on the use of those
5050data and their distribution. We also refer users of the PUF input
5151data to the [ taxdata] ( https://github.com/PSLmodels/taxdata )
5252documentation for details on how to use these files with the PUF and
5353to see how well the resulting tax calculations hit aggregate targets
5454published by the IRS. However, we do note that analysis with a
55- PUF-based data file tends to be more accurate than the ` cps.csv ` file
56- and that the validation of Tax-Calculator with other microsimulation
57- models uses the ` puf.csv ` file.
55+ PUF-based data file tends to be more accurate than the ` cps.csv ` file.
5856
5957### 2015 IRS public use data (` tmd.csv ` )
6058
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ Tax-Calculator in two ways:
8583 in the same folder and the ` tmd.csv.gz ` file has been unzipped.
8684 The ` tc ` tool automatically activates the TMD refundable credit
8785 claiming behavior, so there is no need to do that on the command
88- line when using the CLI tool, ` tc ` .
86+ line when using the CLI tool.
8987
9088The [ tax-microdata
9189repository] ( https://github.com/PSLmodels/tax-microdata-benchmarking )
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