Cite the statute for the Massachusetts child and family credit's age-65 test
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Start with elderly_age_limit.yaml and disabled_spouse_eligible.yaml in the Massachusetts child_and_family credits folder. Check the linked M.G.L. c.62 §6 text: the 2021-2022 age test is in §6(y)(ii)(A) and the 2023+ test is in §6(x)(iii)(A). Update the citations to match, and merge the duplicate Acts 2023 c.50 entries in disabled_spouse_eligible.yaml into one 'Sections 21 and 49' entry. Done when the citations match the statute and no parameter values change.
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policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ma/tax/income/credits/child_and_family/elderly_age_limit.yaml sets the credit's age test at 65 from 2021 and cites only the Form 1 instructions. Lawmakers wrote that test into two subsections of M.G.L. c.62 §6:
- For 2021 and 2022, they set it in §6(y)(ii)(A): a household member "not less than 65 years of age or who is disabled". They added (y) in Acts 2021 c.24 §29, applied it from tax year 2021 in §141, and struck it in Acts 2023 c.50 §21. The Wayback Machine captured §6 on May 29, 2023, before they struck it: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529085024/https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62/Section6
- From 2023, they kept the same test in §6(x)(iii)(A), through Acts 2023 c.50 §§21 and 49: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62/Section6
In the same folder, disabled_spouse_eligible.yaml cites Acts 2023 c.50 twice, once for §21 and once for §49, with the same link. One entry for "Sections 21 and 49" would match amount.yaml since #10651.
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