Remove ri_child_tax_rebate from state_ctcs catalog#8150
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ri_child_tax_rebate was listed in the state CTC catalog parameter at 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026 entries. The Rhode Island Child Tax Rebate was a one-time 2022 program under R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-30-103 (checks based on 2021 returns), not an ongoing tax credit. Its presence in the catalog produced phantom values for 2023+ (2 children × $250 = $500) flowing through taxsim_state_ctc to the policyengine-taxsim sctc output field. Same pattern as #8146 (CT child tax rebate, merged via #8147). Closes #8149. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Closes #8149.
Summary
Remove `ri_child_tax_rebate` from `parameters/gov/states/household/state_ctcs.yaml` at all year entries (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026).
Why
The Rhode Island Child Tax Rebate was a one-time 2022 program under R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-30-103 — checks based on 2021 returns, not an ongoing tax credit. It does not belong in the ongoing state CTC catalog parameter.
Its presence produced phantom values in 2023+ via `taxsim_state_ctc` (which aggregates `gov.states.household.state_ctcs`), surfacing as incorrect `sctc` output in `policyengine-taxsim`. Same pattern as #8146 (CT child tax rebate, fixed via #8147).
Verification
Confirmed with an RI joint 2025 filer with two children:
The standalone `ri_child_tax_rebate` variable still computes its result; only the catalog entry is removed, matching the issue's ask.
Related cleanup (not in this PR, per issue)
Flagged as non-blocking in the issue; can be a follow-up.
Test plan
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