From 697761ccad75aceb00a12e028863719d7437c44d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andersonfrailey <andersonfrailey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:01:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Sort PUF columns

---
 taxdata/puf/finalprep.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/taxdata/puf/finalprep.py b/taxdata/puf/finalprep.py
index aa41ec9..35fb180 100644
--- a/taxdata/puf/finalprep.py
+++ b/taxdata/puf/finalprep.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ def finalprep(data):
     # - Rename 'filer' to 'data_source'
     data = data.rename(columns={"filer": "data_source"})
 
+    # - Sort columns to ensure every PUF is the same
+    data.sort_index(axis=1, inplace=True)
+
     return data