Calculator for Assessment of Economic Loss

#!/usr/bin/python
#/home/cpcmonster/bin/assessmentofloss.py

# Released under a GPLv3 Licence by Clockwork PC 2011
# www.clockworkpc.com.au

# You are entitled to the following four freedoms:
# Freedom 0: To run this program for any purpose
# Freedom 1: To study how this program works and change it to make it do what you wish
# Freedom 2: To redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour
# Freedom 3: To distribute copies of your modified version to others

preLossNetEarnings = input("What were the pre-loss net earnings? ")
print ""
postLossNetEarnings = input("What was the earning capacity reduced to? ")
print ""

lostYears = input("How many years of work have been lost? ")
print "It is agreed that",lostYears,"years of paid work have been lost."

lossClaim = preLossNetEarnings - postLossNetEarnings

print "The loss of net earnings is $",lossClaim
print ""

positiveContingenciesPercentage = input("What was the percentage increase for positive contingencies? ") * 0.01
print positiveContingenciesPercentage
print ""

positiveContingencies = lossClaim * positiveContingenciesPercentage
print "The percentage increase in positive contingencies is ", (positiveContingenciesPercentage * 100), "percent, which comes to $", positiveContingencies
print ""

negativeContingenciesPercentage = input("What was the percentage decrease for negative contingencies? ") * 0.01
print negativeContingenciesPercentage
print ""

negativeContingencies = lossClaim * negativeContingenciesPercentage
print "The percentage decrease in negative contingencies is ", (negativeContingenciesPercentage * 100), "percent, which comes to $", negativeContingencies
print ""

lossClaimAfterContingencies = lossClaim + positiveContingencies - negativeContingencies

print "The loss of net earnings after contingencies is $", lossClaimAfterContingencies
print ""

s28IReduction = 0.05

lossClaimAfters28IReduction = lossClaimAfterContingencies - (lossClaimAfterContingencies * s28IReduction)

print "The reduction stipulated by Section 28I is ",(s28IReduction * 100), "percent, which reduces the loss claim to $", lossClaimAfters28IReduction

avgWeeklyEarnings = input("What are the average weekly earnings for employees in Victoria? ")
print ""

s28FMaxEarnings = avgWeeklyEarnings * 3
print "The average weekly earnings in Victoria were at the time of the claim $",avgWeeklyEarnings, "which means the ceiling claimable loss of income is $", s28FMaxEarnings
print ""

if lossClaimAfters28IReduction >= s28FMaxEarnings:
    lossClaimafters28FMaxEarnings = s28FMaxEarnings
    print "This salary exceeds the ceiling, it will have to be reduced to $", s28FMaxEarnings
    print ""
elif lossClaimAfters28IReduction < s28FMaxEarnings:
    lossClaimafters28FMaxEarnings = lossClaimAfters28IReduction
    print "This claimable loss of income does not exceed the ceiling stipulated by s28F, so the claimable amount is $",lossClaimAfters28IReduction
    print ""

print "Just to be clear, the claimable loss of weekly net income at this point is $",lossClaimafters28FMaxEarnings

disregardAmount = input("How much has been instructed to disregard? ")
lossClaimAfterdisregardAmount = lossClaimafters28FMaxEarnings - disregardAmount
print ""

print "The amount to be disregarded is $",disregardAmount,"which further reduces the claimable loss of income to $",lossClaimAfterdisregardAmount

annualIncomeLoss = lossClaimAfterdisregardAmount * 52
print "The annual loss of income is $", annualIncomeLoss

careerIncomeLoss = annualIncomeLoss * lostYears
print "The claimable loss of income over the plaintiff's career comes to $",careerIncomeLoss
print ""

print "Therefore, the total amount to be awarded is $",careerIncomeLoss