income = ['sdjhgs', [1, 2, 4, [(1, 2), 76, 'dsg', 13],[1]], 1, 2, (12)]
outcome = ['sdjhgs', 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 76, 'dsg', 13, 1, 1, 2, 12]


def unpack(l):
    '''
    '''

    result = []

    for i in l:
        if hasattr(i, '__iter__'):
            r = unpack(i)
            result.extend(r)
        else:
            result.append(i)
    return result


result = unpack(income)


print 'income: {}'.format(income)
print 'predicted outcome: {}'.format(outcome)
print 'result: {}'.format(result)
print 'predicted outcome == result? {}'.format(outcome == result)