From 798794901b7e8e6011f25c7cf35ecf621a0d7f7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Kipe <jared@hibou.io>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 11:51:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor to mitigate the fact that eligible 401(k)
 contributions reduce taxable wage (gross) but not FICA/FUTA etc.

This refactor bases all/most 'wage' categories off of BASIC instead of GROSS to allow all 'Income Tax' rules to continue to be based on GROSS.
---
 l10n_us_ca_hr_payroll/data/rules_2018.xml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/l10n_us_ca_hr_payroll/data/rules_2018.xml b/l10n_us_ca_hr_payroll/data/rules_2018.xml
index 8602b1bc..0cd42d36 100755
--- a/l10n_us_ca_hr_payroll/data/rules_2018.xml
+++ b/l10n_us_ca_hr_payroll/data/rules_2018.xml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ ytd += contract.external_wages
 remaining = 7000.0 - ytd
 if remaining &lt;= 0.0:
     result = 0
-elif remaining &lt; categories.GROSS:
+elif remaining &lt; categories.BASIC:
     result = remaining
 else:
-    result = categories.GROSS
+    result = categories.BASIC
         </field>
         <field name="appears_on_payslip" eval="False"/>
     </record>
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ ytd += contract.external_wages
 remaining = 7000.0 - ytd
 if remaining &lt;= 0.0:
     result = 0
-elif remaining &lt; categories.GROSS:
+elif remaining &lt; categories.BASIC:
     result = remaining
 else:
-    result = categories.GROSS
+    result = categories.BASIC
         </field>
         <field name="appears_on_payslip" eval="False"/>
     </record>
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ ytd += contract.external_wages
 remaining = 114967.0 - ytd
 if remaining &lt;= 0.0:
     result = 0
-elif remaining &lt; categories.GROSS:
+elif remaining &lt; categories.BASIC:
     result = remaining
 else:
-    result = categories.GROSS
+    result = categories.BASIC
         </field>
         <field name="appears_on_payslip" eval="False"/>
     </record>