Update state CTCs and EITCs aggregation lists for 2026

changelog_entry.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    changed:
+    - Updated state CTCs list to include Georgia CTC, Maine Dependent Exemption Credit, and corrected Massachusetts credit reference.
+    - Updated state EITCs list to separate Maryland and Virginia into refundable and non-refundable components.

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/household/state_ctcs.yaml

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ values:
     - co_family_affordability_credit  # Colorado Family Affordability Credit
     - ct_child_tax_rebate  # Connecticut Child Tax Rebate
     - dc_ctc  # District of Columbia Child Tax Credit
+    - ga_ctc  # Georgia Child Tax Credit
     - id_ctc  # Idaho Child Tax Credit
     - il_ctc  # Illinois Child Tax Credit
     # Formerly the Massachusetts Dependent Credit, now the Child and Family Tax Credit
-    - ma_child_and_family_credit
+    - ma_child_and_family_credit_or_dependent_care_credit # Massachusetts Child and Family Tax Credit
     - md_ctc  # Maryland Child Tax Credit
+    - me_dependent_exemption_credit  # Maine Dependent Exemption Credit
     - mn_child_and_working_families_credits  # Minnesota Child and Working Family Credits
     - ne_refundable_ctc  # Nebraska Refundable Child Tax Credit
     - nj_ctc  # New Jersey Child Tax Credit

policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/household/state_eitcs.yaml

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ values:
     - ks_total_eitc  # Kansas - combined nonrefundable and refundable components
     - la_eitc  # Louisiana
     - ma_eitc  # Massachusetts
-    - md_eitc  # Maryland
+    - md_non_refundable_eitc  # Maryland non-refundable EITC
+    - md_refundable_eitc  # Maryland refundable EITC
     - me_eitc  # Maine
     - mi_eitc  # Michigan
     - mn_wfc  # Minnesota (called "Working Family Credit") repealed in 2023
-    - mn_child_and_working_families_credits
     - mo_wftc  # Missouri (called "Working Families Tax Credit")
     - mt_eitc  # Montana
     - ne_eitc  # Nebraska
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ values:
     - oh_eitc  # Ohio
     - ok_eitc  # Oklahoma
     - or_eitc  # Oregon
+    - pa_eitc  # Pennsylvania
     - ri_eitc  # Rhode Island
     - sc_eitc  # South Carolina
+    - ut_eitc  # Utah
     - vt_eitc  # Vermont
-    - va_eitc  # Virginia
+    - va_non_refundable_eitc  # Virginia non-refundable EITC
+    - va_refundable_eitc  # Virginia refundable EITC
     - wa_working_families_tax_credit  # Washington
     - wi_earned_income_credit  # Wisconsin
 

policyengine_us/tests/run_selective_tests.py

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ def __init__(self, base_branch: str = "master"):
         self.repo_root = Path.cwd()
 
         # Define regex patterns for matching files to tests
+        # Paths that contain only aggregation lists and should not
+        # trigger any tests (the Full Suite already covers them).
+        self.skip_patterns = [
+            r"policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/household/",
+        ]
+
         self.test_patterns = [
             # Rule 1: Match gov folders (excluding states and contrib) to their test directories
             {
@@ -296,6 +302,11 @@ def map_files_to_tests(self, changed_files: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
                 ):
                     continue
 
+            # Skip files that are aggregation-only and need no
+            # selective tests (the Full Suite already covers them).
+            if any(re.search(sp, file) for sp in self.skip_patterns):
+                continue
+
             # Check against regex patterns
             for pattern in self.test_patterns:
                 match = re.search(pattern["file_pattern"], file)