Merge pull request #2857 from martinholmer/4-4-0

Changes for 4.4.0 version

docs/about/releases.md

@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ Go [here](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclose
 for a complete commit history.
 
 
+2024-12-19 Release 4.4.0
+------------------------
+(last merged pull request is
+[#2856](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2856))
+
+**This is an enhancement release.**
+
+**API Changes**
+
+**New Features**
+- Make a Policy object's last budget year be flexible
+[[#2856](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2856) by Jason DeBacker with minor assistance from Martin Holmer]
+
+
 2024-12-16 Release 4.3.5
 ------------------------
 (last merged pull request is
@@ -23,8 +37,8 @@ for a complete commit history.
 
 **Bug Fixes**
 - Fix several broken documentation links
-[[#2847](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2847) by Martin Holmer] and
-[[#2849](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2849) by Martin Holmer]
+[[#2847](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2847) by Martin Holmer and
+[#2849](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2849) by Martin Holmer]
 - Remove incorrect use of GrowFactors() in Policy and Parameters classes
 [[#2852](https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator/pull/2852) by Martin Holmer]
 

docs/contributing/RELEASING.md

@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ release.
 Create new `taxcalc` packages
 =============================
 ```
+--> merge master branch into X-Y-Z branch
 
 --> on branch X-Y-Z, edit docs/about/releases.md to finalize X.Y.Z info
 
---> specify release X.Y.Z in setup.py and taxcalc/__init__.py
-
---> merge master branch into X-Y-Z branch
+--> specify release X.Y.Z in setup.py and taxcalc/__init__.py and docs/index.md
 
 --> run `python update_pcl.py`  [to update policy_current_law.json if needed]
 
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ Create new `taxcalc` packages
 
 --> cd taxcalc/validation ; ./tests_35.sh ; .fix. ; cd ../..
 
---> specify release X.Y.Z in docs/index.md
-
 --> make clean  [to remove taxcalc package]
 
 --> commit X-Y-Z branch and push to origin
@@ -42,7 +39,8 @@ Create new `taxcalc` packages
 --> create release X.Y.Z on GitHub using master branch
 
 --> Create new package on Conda-Forge for release X.Y.Z
-    --> open a PR to github.com/conda-forge/taxcalc-feedstock where you change the `recipe/meta.yaml` file by updating (1) the version number to X.Y.Z and (2) the checksum to reflect the checksum for the tarball for release X.Y.Z in the Tax-Calculator GitHub repo
+
+--> open a PR to github.com/conda-forge/taxcalc-feedstock where you change the `recipe/meta.yaml` file by updating (1) the version number to X.Y.Z and (2) the checksum to reflect the checksum for the tarball for release X.Y.Z in the Tax-Calculator GitHub repo
 
 ====> ADD NEW DEPENDENCY OR UPDATE MINIMUM REQUIRED VERSION <====
 

docs/index.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The cross-model validation work with NBER's TAXSIM-27 model is described
 
 ## Latest release
 
-{doc}`4.3.5 (2024-12-16) <about/releases>`
+{doc}`4.4.0 (2024-12-19) <about/releases>`
 
 If you are already using Tax-Calculator, upgrade using the following command:
 

setup.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with open("README.md") as f:
     longdesc = f.read()
 
-version = "4.3.5"
+version = "4.4.0"
 
 config = {
     "description": "Tax Calculator",

taxcalc.egg-info/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: taxcalc
-Version: 4.3.5
+Version: 4.4.0
 Summary: taxcalc
 Home-page: https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator
 Download-URL: https://github.com/PSLmodels/Tax-Calculator

taxcalc/__init__.py

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 from taxcalc.utils import *
 from taxcalc.cli import *
 
-__version__ = '4.3.5a'
+__version__ = '4.4.0'
 __min_python3_version__ = 10
 __max_python3_version__ = 12

taxcalc/reforms/ext.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // REFORM TO EXTEND TEMPORARY TCJA PROVISIONS BEYOND 2025
-// USING TAX-CALCULATOR 4.3.5
+// USING TAX-CALCULATOR 4.4.0
 // WITH 2025-to-2026 INDEXING FACTOR = 1.024900
 //  AND 2028-to-2029 INDEXING FACTOR = 1.021800
 {