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Add Rhode Island's 2027 Child Tax Credit, high-income surtax, and Social Security subtraction age-gate removal.
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2023-01-01: 1957 # 1957-07-01
2024-01-01: 1958 # 1958-05-01
2025-01-01: 1959 # 1959-03-01
2026-01-01: 1960 # 1960-01-01
2027-01-01: 9999 # Age condition removed under 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A.

metadata:
unit: year
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# full or unreduced social security retirement benefits"
- title: R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-30-12 (c), (8), (i), (A)
href: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/title44/44-30/44-30-12.HTM
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 5, § 44-30-12(c)(8)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=For%20the%20tax%20years%20beginning%20on%20or%20after%20January%201%2C%202027
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description: Rhode Island allows taxable retirement income subtractions for taxpayers or spouses born on or before this year.

values:
2021-01-01: 1955 # 1955-11-01
2022-01-01: 1956 # 1956-09-01
2023-01-01: 1957 # 1957-07-01
2024-01-01: 1958 # 1958-05-01
2025-01-01: 1959 # 1959-03-01
2026-01-01: 1960 # 1960-01-01

metadata:
unit: year
period: year
label: Rhode Island taxable retirement income subtraction birth year threshold
reference:
- title: 2025 RI-1040 Instructions page I-10
href: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/2025-12/2025%201040R%20Instructions%20122025.pdf#page=10
- title: Rhode Island 2024 RI-1040 Instructions
href: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/2024-12/2024%201040R%20Instructions%20-%20updated%2012092024.pdf#page=9
- title: Rhode Island 2023 RI-1040 Instructions
href: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/2023-12/2023%201040R%20Instructions.pdf#page=9
- title: Rhode Island 2022 RI-1040 Instructions
href: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/2022-12/2022%20NR%20Instructions_v4_w.pdf#page=11
- title: Rhode Island 2021 RI-1040 Instructions
href: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/2021-12/2021-1040r-instructions.pdf#page=8
- title: R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-30-12 (c), (9)
href: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/title44/44-30/44-30-12.HTM
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description: Rhode Island limits child age to this threshold under the Child Tax Credit program.
values:
2027-01-01: 18
metadata:
unit: year
period: year
label: Rhode Island Child Tax Credit age limit
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 4, § 44-30-104(a)(1)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CChild%E2%80%9D%20means%20an%20individual%20who%20is%20eighteen%20years%20of%20age%20or%20under
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description: Rhode Island provides this amount per eligible child under the Child Tax Credit program.
values:
2026-01-01: 0
2027-01-01: 330
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Rhode Island Child Tax Credit amount
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 4, § 44-30-104(b)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=the%20amount%20of%20three%20hundred%20thirty%20dollars%20(%24330)
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description: Rhode Island sets this adjusted gross income increment under the Child Tax Credit program.
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Rhode Island Child Tax Credit phase-out increment
breakdown:
- filing_status
breakdown_label:
- Filing status
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 4, § 44-30-104(c)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=two%20thousand%20eight%20hundred%20seventy-five%20(%242%2C875)

SINGLE:
values:
2027-01-01: 2_875
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
JOINT:
values:
2027-01-01: 3_590
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
SEPARATE:
values:
2027-01-01: 2_875
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
HEAD_OF_HOUSEHOLD:
values:
2027-01-01: 2_875
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
SURVIVING_SPOUSE:
values:
2027-01-01: 2_875
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
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description: Rhode Island sets this reduction percentage under the Child Tax Credit program.
values:
2027-01-01: 0.2
metadata:
unit: /1
period: year
label: Rhode Island Child Tax Credit phase-out rate
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 4, § 44-30-104(c)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=applicable%20percentage%E2%80%9D%20for%20purposes%20of%20this%20subsection%20means%20twenty%20(20)
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description: Rhode Island sets this adjusted gross income threshold under the Child Tax Credit program.
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Rhode Island Child Tax Credit phase-out threshold
breakdown:
- filing_status
breakdown_label:
- Filing status
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 4, § 44-30-104(c)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=exceeds%20eighty-eight%20thousand%20five%20hundred%20dollars

SINGLE:
values:
2027-01-01: 88_500
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
JOINT:
values:
2027-01-01: 110_640
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
SEPARATE:
values:
2027-01-01: 88_500
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
HEAD_OF_HOUSEHOLD:
values:
2027-01-01: 88_500
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
SURVIVING_SPOUSE:
values:
2027-01-01: 88_500
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 5
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2022-01-01:
- ri_eitc
- ri_property_tax_credit
2027-01-01:
- ri_eitc
- ri_property_tax_credit
- ri_ctc

metadata:
unit: list
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# Child tax rebate source
- title: R.I. Gen. Law §44-30-103. Child Tax Rebates.
href: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/2022-08/H7123Aaa_CTR_0.pdf#page=1
# The budget bill establishes the CTC amount, eligibility, and phase-out;
# the budget report and signing press release describe the enacted CTC as refundable.
- title: Rhode Island Senate Fiscal Office FY2027 Budget as Passed by House Finance, page 8
href: https://www.rilegislature.gov/sfiscal/Budget%20Analyses/FY2027%20SFO%20Budget%20as%20passed%20by%20House%20Finance.pdf#page=8
- title: Governor McKee signs fiscal year 2027 budget advancing key affordability for all Rhode Islanders
href: https://governor.ri.gov/press-releases/governor-mckee-signs-fiscal-year-2027-budget-advancing-key-affordability-all
- title: Sen. Vargas lauds child tax credit in state budget bill
href: https://www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_layouts/15/ril.pressrelease.inputform/DisplayForm.aspx?List=c8baae31-3c10-431c-8dcd-9dbbe21ce3e9&ID=376675
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 4, § 44-30-104
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=44-30-104.%20Child%20Tax%20Credit
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description: Rhode Island sets this high-income surtax percentage under the personal income tax.
values:
2026-01-01: 0
2027-01-01: 0.01
2028-01-01: 0.02
2029-01-01: 0.03
metadata:
unit: /1
period: year
label: Rhode Island high-income surtax rate
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 5, § 44-30-2.6(c)(3)(A)(I)(2)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=High-income%20surtax
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description: Rhode Island sets this taxable income threshold under the high-income surtax.
values:
2027-01-01: 1_000_000 # 2027 value is not indexed; uprating applies from 2028.
metadata:
unit: currency-USD
period: year
label: Rhode Island high-income surtax threshold
uprating:
parameter: gov.irs.uprating
rounding:
type: downwards
interval: 50
reference:
- title: 2026 R.I. H 7127 Substitute A as amended, Article 6, Section 5, § 44-30-2.6(c)(3)(A)(I)(2)
href: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7127Aaa.html#:~:text=Rhode%20Island%20taxable%20income%20over%20one%20million%20dollars
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ri_social_security_modification_eligible: true
output:
ri_social_security_modification: 96_000

- name: Under full retirement age receives social security modification in 2027
absolute_error_margin: 0.01
period: 2027
input:
people:
person1:
is_tax_unit_head: true
social_security: 20_000
taxable_social_security: 10_000
birth_year: 1990
tax_units:
tax_unit:
members: [person1]
filing_status: SINGLE
adjusted_gross_income: 70_000
households:
household:
members: [person1]
state_code: RI
output:
ri_social_security_modification: 10_000
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