Exclude high-value council tax surcharge under abolish_council_tax (#1670)#1693
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…1670) The surcharge is defined on top of council tax bands, so when council tax is abolished it should drop out of household_tax and gov_tax alongside the council_tax line. Filter both aggregates accordingly and add a YAML case.
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Summary
high_value_council_tax_surchargeis a top-up on top of council tax bands (England-only, from 2028), so whengov.contrib.abolish_council_taxis in force it should disappear together withcouncil_tax. Bothhousehold_taxandgov_taxonly filtered outcouncil_tax, leaving the surcharge in the aggregates.high_value_council_tax_surcharge.Test plan
python -m pytest policyengine_uk/tests/microsimulation/test_abolish_council_tax_reform.py -vpolicyengine-core test policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/hmrc/council_tax/high_value_council_tax_surcharge.yaml -c policyengine_uk🤖 Generated with Claude Code