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Tax Guide for Investors: Guide to Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) view detail comment email this

Plain-language guide to the alternative minimum tax (AMT), which is "an extra tax some people have to pay on top of the regular income tax. The original idea ... was to prevent people with very high incomes from using special tax benefits to pay little or no tax." Discusses items that can cause AMT liability, claiming AMT credit, and related topics. From a tax lawyer and author of books and training materials on investment-related tax topics.
http://fairmark.com/amt/
Topics: Tax Filing Season

Last updated Mar 22, 2007


Testimony on the Individual Alternative Minimum Tax view detail comment email this

This 2005 report to the U.S. Senate contains analysis and projections related to the alternative minimum tax (AMT), "designed to limit the use of tax preferences (exclusions or deductions from a comprehensive measure of income) by high-income taxpayers to ensure that they paid at least some income tax." From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=6370
Topics: Tax Filing Season

Last updated Apr 19, 2008


Topic 556: Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) view detail comment email this

This article provides information on the alternative minimum tax (AMT), which is "a separately figured tax that eliminates many deductions and credits, thus increasing tax liability for an individual who would otherwise pay less tax." Includes links to instruction and forms (1040, 6251, and 8801), and to related tax topics and resources. From the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc556.html
Topics: Tax Filing Season

Last updated Mar 22, 2007




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