From f480d44bcfa98e0cae47ba9583197ddf38aedf0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter-Metz <peter.metz@aei.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:42:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] remove extraneous line that created calc objects

---
 taxcrunch/multi_cruncher.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/taxcrunch/multi_cruncher.py b/taxcrunch/multi_cruncher.py
index a4f1003..7e8a44b 100644
--- a/taxcrunch/multi_cruncher.py
+++ b/taxcrunch/multi_cruncher.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class instance: Batch
     def __init__(self, path):
         self.path = path
         self.invar, self.invar_marg, self.rows = self.read_input()
-        self.mtr = self.calc_mtr(reform_file=None)
 
         self.TC_VARS = [
             "RECID",
@@ -180,6 +179,7 @@ def create_table(
             adjust_ratios=None,
         )
 
+        # if tc_vars and tc_labels are not specified, defaults are used
         if tc_vars is None:
             tc_vars = self.TC_VARS
         if tc_labels is None:
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def create_table(
         assert len(tc_vars) > 0
         assert len(tc_vars) == len(tc_labels)
 
+        # if no reform file is passed, table will show current law values
         if reform_file is None:
             pol = tc.Policy()
             assert be_sub == be_inc == be_cg == 0
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ def create_table(
             calc.advance_to_year(year)
             calc.calc_all()
             calcs = calc.dataframe(tc_vars)
+        # if a reform file is passed, table will show reform values
         else:
             pol = self.get_pol(reform_file)
             calc = tc.Calculator(policy=pol, records=recs)
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ def create_table(
             _, df2br = br.response(calc_base, calc, response_elasticities, dump=True)
             calcs = df2br[tc_vars]
 
+        # if include_mtr is True, the tables includes three columns with MTRs
         if include_mtr:
             mtr = self.calc_mtr(reform_file)
             mtr_df = pd.DataFrame(data=mtr).transpose()

From 523b9cb3b29a4ce61766b4fbc0c324c5e81dc851 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter-Metz <peter.metz@aei.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:42:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] add python 3.8 to travis

---
 .travis.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index df41ac1..db84b92 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ language: python
 python:
   - "3.6"
   - "3.7"
+  - "3.8"
 
 before_install:
   - "pip install -U pip"

From fbdbbd7b4ef92fadca5b964c48bfa55294f3889c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter-Metz <peter.metz@aei.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:43:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] add test for mtr cols

---
 taxcrunch/tests/test_multi_cruncher.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/taxcrunch/tests/test_multi_cruncher.py b/taxcrunch/tests/test_multi_cruncher.py
index 4503581..b49de7f 100644
--- a/taxcrunch/tests/test_multi_cruncher.py
+++ b/taxcrunch/tests/test_multi_cruncher.py
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ def test_custom_output_cols(crunch=b):
         b.create_table(tc_vars=["fake_var1", "fake_var2"], tc_labels=custom_labels)
 
 
+def test_mtr_cols(crunch=b):
+
+    mtr_cols = ["Payroll Tax MTR", "Income Tax MTR", "Combined MTR"]
+    table = b.create_table()
+    assert set(mtr_cols).issubset(table.columns)
+
+    table_no_mtr = b.create_table(include_mtr=False)
+    assert set(mtr_cols).issubset(table_no_mtr.columns) is False
+
+
 def test_qbid_params():
     """
     Adpots a test from Tax-Calculator that checks QBID calculations against

From bcbf242f4b242435bd40cc272d7b0d953d42efd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter-Metz <peter.metz@aei.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:05:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] bump to 0.4.3

---
 taxcrunch/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/taxcrunch/__init__.py b/taxcrunch/__init__.py
index 98a5c18..cebed55 100644
--- a/taxcrunch/__init__.py
+++ b/taxcrunch/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 from taxcrunch.multi_cruncher import *
 
 name = "taxcrunch"
-__version__ = "0.4.2"
+__version__ = "0.4.3"