ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX: An Overview of Its Rationale and Impact on Individual Taxpayers

Abstract

This report responds to your request for a nontechnical primer on the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for individuals, which is intended to help ensure that high-income individuals do not avoid significant tax liability. In general, AMT is a separate tax system that parallels the regular individual income tax system. Under this dual system of taxation, taxpayers are required to first compute their tax liability under regular income tax rules and then, if their income or tax payments do not meet certain tests, they are required to recompute their tax liability using the AMT rules. Taxpayers are then obligated to pay the greater of the two.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381912

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Families (Human)
  • Family Size
  • Governments
  • Head Of Household
  • Law
  • Money
  • Motivation
  • Revenue
  • Small Business
  • Taxes
  • United States
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.