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Tax Code "Rule-as-Code" Engine glossary
Terms used in Tax Code "Rule-as-Code" Engine and its documentation.
Applies to Tax Code "Rule-as-Code" Engine as it works today. Moraph updates the platform continuously, and this page is reviewed when it changes.
Terms used in Tax Code "Rule-as-Code" Engine and its documentation.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Rule | A provision of tax law written as definitions, conditions, calculations and effective dates that people can read and systems can run. |
| Rule version | One dated state of a rule. A new version is created for each change, and earlier versions are kept. |
| Clause citation | The link from a part of a rule to the clause of statute, regulation or guidance it implements. |
| Worked example | A constructed scenario with an expected result, used to test a rule without taxpayer data. |
| Shared definition | A term defined once and referenced by many rules, so a change shows every rule it affects. |
| Interpretation question | A recorded question about how a clause should be read, answered by counsel and kept with the rule. |
| Release package | A versioned, machine-readable set of approved rule versions with release notes, published for consuming systems. |
| Test channel | The channel where packages are published for consuming teams to test before production. |
| Trace | The step-by-step explanation of a result, showing conditions met, values used and the clause behind each step. |
| Impact view | A view of the rules, forms and consuming systems a change touches, from recorded dependencies. |
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