f/tests/test_tax.py
Greg Pomerantz 576d9fba97 Fix after-tax model: raw prices + reinvestment (was 2.7x over-taxing)
The old model valued holdings in ADJ (total-return index) units but
computed distribution flows as raw per-share dollars — so every
distribution, and its tax, was overstated by the raw/adj ratio
(JLPSX: 30.10/11.25 = 2.7x; the Dec-2020 cap-gain tax showed as 12.1%
of the account instead of the true 4.5%). The wiggle in the after-tax
curve was this bug, not a convention issue.

tax.py now:
- values holdings in RAW share units on close prices (bundle.close);
- receives the per-share distribution on its event date, pays the tax
  (recorded in TaxResult.taxes), and reinvests the after-tax remainder
  at the same day's raw close — the tax's effect lives in the (smaller)
  reinvested units and is NOT also deducted from cash (double-count
  caught and fixed in review);
- recomputes market value after the reinvestment so equity[t] is the
  post-event liquidation value.

With the fix, the 'as-if-liquidated' equity on JLPSX's ex-div day drops
by exactly the true tax cost (4.72% vs 12.1% before); the -22.9% price
drop is offset by the distribution kept.

Also:
- app.py passes bundle.close to the after-tax model (pre-tax
  portfolio_returns still uses adj);
- JLPSX/JLPYX: the 2020-12-11 6.824 capital-gain distribution is moved
  to the true ex-div date 2020-12-14 (remove/add correction ops), so
  the reinvestment prices at the post-drop close;
- tests/test_tax.py: 8 synthetic regression tests (tax magnitude,
  reinvestment MV, no double-count, ex-div equity step, per-component
  rates); run_tests.sh now runs it.
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"""Unit tests for the after-tax model (tax.py) — synthetic, no data bundle.
Key regression: distributions are RAW per-share dollars, so the account
must hold RAW share units (valued on close prices). The old code valued
units on ADJ (total-return index) prices, which overstates every
distribution — and its tax — by the raw/adj ratio (e.g. a fund that has
paid many distributions: adj 11 vs raw 30 -> 2.7x overcharge).
Run: .venv/bin/python tests/test_tax.py
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import pandas as pd
sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
import tax # noqa: E402
PASS, FAIL = 0, 0
def check(name: str, ok: bool) -> None:
global PASS, FAIL
PASS += bool(ok)
FAIL += not ok
print((" ok " if ok else " FAIL ") + name)
def main() -> int:
# One fund, raw prices 30 -> 34, ex-div 5.00 on day 6 (34 -> 29),
# then 29.5. Account starts at 1.0 = 1/30 share.
dates = pd.to_datetime(["2024-01-0%d" % i for i in range(1, 8)])
close = pd.DataFrame({"f": [30.0, 31.0, 32.0, 33.0, 34.0, 29.0, 29.5]},
index=dates)
div = pd.DataFrame({"f": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0]}, index=dates)
capg = pd.DataFrame({"f": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5.0, 0.0]}, index=dates)
r = tax.after_tax_portfolio(close, div, capg, {"f": 1.0}, lt_rate=0.20,
st_rate=0.15, div_rate=0.15)
t5 = dates[5]
# --- the regression: tax on the distribution is 20% of 5/30 of the
# account (the distribution as a fraction of the RAW price), i.e.
# 3.333% — not 5/adj (which the old code implied, ~4% with this
# adj path and up to 2.7x for high-history funds).
check("cap-gain tax is 20% of (5/30) of the account",
abs(r.taxes["capg_tax"][t5] - 0.2 * 5.0 / 30.0) < 1e-12)
check("no dividend tax", r.taxes["div_tax"].abs().sum() == 0.0)
# --- reinvestment: the after-tax remainder (5*0.8 of the 1/30 share)
# is bought at the ex-div close 29, so MV on the event day is
# (1/30)*(29 + 4) = 33/30. The tax is already inside the (smaller)
# units — it must NOT also show up in equity as a second deduction.
mv5 = r.equity[t5] + r.liq_tax[t5] # no cash component on this day
check("market value on ex-div day = 33/30 (after-tax reinvested)",
abs(mv5 - 33.0 / 30.0) < 1e-9)
# --- liquidation value: price drop (5/30) is exactly offset by the
# distribution kept, so equity falls by the true tax cost only.
# Day-5 equity = MV(33/30) - liq_tax(0: basis 1+4/30 > MV, a "loss"
# under the after-tax basis rule).
check("equity on ex-div day = 33/30 (tax cost lives in the units)",
abs(r.equity[t5] - 33.0 / 30.0) < 1e-9)
# --- pre-event day: plain ST-marked liquidation value.
t4 = dates[4]
check("equity day before = MV - 15% ST gain tax",
abs(r.equity[t4] - (34.0 / 30.0) * (1 - 0.15 * (4.0 / 34.0))) < 1e-9)
# --- cross-day consistency: equity(5)/equity(4) from the explicit
# values (day 4 = 34/30 MV less 15% ST gain tax; day 5 = 33/30).
check("ex-div equity step matches explicit values",
abs(r.equity[t5] / r.equity[t4]
- (33.0 / 30.0) / (34.0 / 30.0 - 0.15 * 4.0 / 30.0)) < 1e-9)
# --- no rebalancing: one lot survives, units grew by the reinvested
# net amount at the ex-div price.
check("single lot outstanding", r.lots_outstanding == 1)
# --- dividend leg taxed at div_rate, cap-gain leg at lt_rate:
# split a 1.00 distribution 0.4 div / 0.6 capg on day 6.
div2 = pd.DataFrame({"f": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.4, 0.0]}, index=dates)
capg2 = pd.DataFrame({"f": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.6, 0.0]}, index=dates)
r2 = tax.after_tax_portfolio(close, div2, capg2, {"f": 1.0}, lt_rate=0.20,
st_rate=0.15, div_rate=0.10)
check("split distribution taxed by component rate",
abs(r2.taxes["capg_tax"][t5] - 0.20 * 0.6 / 30.0) < 1e-12
and abs(r2.taxes["div_tax"][t5] - 0.10 * 0.4 / 30.0) < 1e-12)
print(f"\n{PASS} passed, {FAIL} failed")
return 1 if FAIL else 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())