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13. What is the alternative minimum tax or AMT?
The alternative minimum tax (or AMT) was created to ensure that high-income taxpayers with higher deductions and credits pay a minimum amount of tax.
The AMT is a separate tax calculation that disallows many of the deductions and credits used to calculate regular income tax. It also adds back certain income that is not normally taxed. The most common AMT adjustments are for personal and dependent exemptions and for certain itemized deductions, such as state and local taxes. Also, if you exercise incentive stock options, sell investments with large long-term capital gains, or take depreciation on business property, you may be hit with the AMT.
You're required to calculate your tax under both the regular and AMT method. You then pay whichever tax is higher.
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