newTax: Create a new tax object

In olugovoy/energyRt: Energy systems modeling toolbox in R, development version

Create a new tax object

Description

Taxes are used to represent the financial levy imposed on production, consumption, or balance of a commodity.

Usage

newTax(
  name,
  desc = "",
  comm = "",
  region = character(),
  defVal = 0,
  tax = data.frame(),
  misc = list(),
  ...
)

Arguments

name	character. Name of the tax object, used in sets.
desc	character. Description of the tax object.
comm	character. Name of the taxed commodity.
region	character. Region where the tax is applied.
defVal	numeric. Default value of the tax for not specified sets, 0 if not specified.
tax	data.frame. Tax values. region character. Region name to apply the parameter, NA for every region. year integer. Year to apply the parameter, NA for every year. slice character. Time slice to apply the parameter, NA for every slice. inp numeric. Input tax, e.g., per unit of commodity consumed by all processes. out numeric. Output tax, e.g., per unit of commodity produced by all processes. bal numeric. Balance tax, e.g., per unit of commodity balance (production - consumption).
misc	list. Additional information.

Value

An object of class tax

See Also

Other class constraint policy: class-constraint, class-costs, newConstraint(), newCosts(), newSubsidy(), subsidy-class, tax-class

Examples

CO2TAX <- newTax(
 name = "CO2TAX",
 desc = "Tax on net CO2 emissions",
 comm = "CO2",
 region = "R1",
 defVal = 0,
 tax = data.frame(
 # region = "R1", # not required when @region is set
 year = c(2030, 2040, 2050),
 bal =  c(10, 50, 200) # $10, $50, $200 per ton, will be interpolated
 # out = ... use to tax output commodity
 # inp = ... use to tax input commodity
   ),
 misc = list(
  source = "https://www.example.com/tax"
  )
 )

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