When must a taxpayer pay AMT? What is AMT?

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• AMT Amounts

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• Taxation Questions - minimum NOL tax

  An income of $150,000 does not always include AMT provisions for a NOL. The AMT was designed to ensure that all taxpayers that produce income pay at least a certain amount in income taxes.

• How does the alternative minimum tax system differ from the

  The AMT system is different in that it is a more inclusive tax base when compared with regular income tax. It is specifically designed to tax economic income, and not necessarily financial income.

• Sharon, a single taxpayer, has taxable income of $100,000, a regular tax liability of $26,560, a positive AMT adjustment due to limitations on itemized deductions of $20,000, and tax preferences of $25,000 in 2006. What is Sharon's AMT for 2006? Can you please show me step by step how this is calculated?

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• Do you think that credits and other tax incentives actually cause companies to change economic behavior to utilize these tax provisions? Are they important to the economy? Is the idea of an Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) fair? Why or why not? Has the AMT worked in the manner in which it was originally intended?

  , AMT is not a tax on long run profits, but a tax on within-year profits only.

• Examples of AMT Adjustments for individuals and corporations

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• Taxation: Marriage penalty, AMT exemption, FICA tax

  When a taxpayer has high income, much of it will be taxed at percentages that are beyond the maximum percentages under AMT. Therefore, more tax is paid using regular rates and there is no reason to add AMT.