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Environmental Tax Revenue Recycling Share Tool

Calculate environmental tax revenue recycling share from explicit caller-supplied inputs.

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Description

Return grossRevenue = taxBase*rate, recycled = (grossRevenue-administrationCost)*recyclingFraction, perHousehold = recycled/households and retained = (grossRevenue-administrationCost)*(1-recyclingFraction).

Environmental payment and credit arithmetic depends on eligibility, allocation, withholding and sign conventions. A supplied verification flag or accounting label does not establish that a payment, permit or credit is legally valid or actually available.

Return grossRevenue = taxBase*rate, recycled = (grossRevenue-administrationCost)*recyclingFraction, perHousehold = recycled/households and retained = (grossRevenue-administrationCost)*(1-recyclingFraction).

When to use this tool

Use Environmental Tax Revenue Recycling Share when checking a specified allocation, charge or payment balance.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter taxBase, rate, administrationCost, recyclingFraction, households. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read grossRevenue, recycled, perHousehold, retained. Use the output convention below.

Require nonnegative taxBase, rate and administrationCost, recyclingFraction in [0,1] and positive whole households. Return grossRevenue = taxBase*rate, recycled = (grossRevenue-administrationCost)*recyclingFraction, perHousehold = recycled/households and retained = (grossRevenue-administrationCost)*(1-recyclingFraction).1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
taxBaseTax BaseRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
rateCurrency per tax-base unit; a fraction when the base itself is monetary.Required. Finite number; minimum 0.
administrationCostAdministration CostRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
recyclingFractionRecycling FractionRequired. Finite number; minimum 0; maximum 1.
householdsHouseholdsRequired. Safe integer; minimum 1.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
grossRevenueGross RevenueRequired. Finite number.
recycledRecycledRequired. Finite number.
perHouseholdPer HouseholdRequired. Finite number.
retainedRetainedRequired. Finite number.
json
{
  "input": {
    "taxBase": 100000,
    "rate": 0.1,
    "administrationCost": 1000,
    "recyclingFraction": 0.6,
    "households": 100
  },
  "output": {
    "grossRevenue": 10000,
    "recycled": 5400,
    "perHousehold": 54,
    "retained": 3600
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The rate is currency per tax-base unit; for a monetary base it is a fraction rather than percent. Administration costs can exceed gross revenue and produce negative distributions. No tax law, beneficiary eligibility or actual transfer is established.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Review the applicable agreement or program rules and reconcile the full ledger before treating a calculated amount as payable or saleable.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: environmental-economics/environmental-tax-revenue-recycling-share — tool.io

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