The Obameter: Extend and index the 2. Alternative Minimum Tax patch.
The Obameter. Updates. Congress permanently indexes the AMT for inflation. By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2. Once a taxpayer reaches a certain income level, they need to pay the amount calculated under the AMT even if the deductions and exemptions available under in the regular tax code would otherwise allow them to pay less in tax. But the AMT, unlike the standard tax code, was not indexed for inflation. So, every year, more and more Americans hit the threshold and found themselves owing higher taxes. As a result, the AMT was increasingly becoming a burden on the middle class, or at least the upper- middle class, rather than the rich.
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In recent years, lawmakers have . But this produced regular headaches for lawmakers. The fiscal cliff bill, passed by the House and Senate on Jan. AMT by permanently indexing the AMT for inflation. We rate this a Promise Kept.
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Alternative Minimum Tax patch is in the stimulus bill. By Angie Drobnic Holan on Tuesday, February 1. If you reach a certain minimum income level, you have to pay this tax regardless of your deductions and exemptions. More and more people have hit the threshold, and when they do they end up paying higher taxes. Increasingly, the AMT is becoming a burden for the middle class. To avoid that, Congress has been finding money every year to .
Two-Year AMT Patch Payroll Tax Cut 100 Percent Bonus Depreciation Business Extenders. Of Bush-era Tax Cuts, Payroll Tax Relief, estate Tax Compromise P. AMT Patch for 2009 Tax deduction for sales tax on new car purchases Repayment requirement for Homebuyer Credit. Tax Provisions in Reported Stimulus Compromise. Tax Update Blog: Permalink. The tax compromise: what do we know? There is a two-year 'AMT Patch,' according to Tax Analysts.
- Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Patch.
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The fiscal cliff compromise has been signed. But with the 2012 AMT patch in limbo during the fiscal cliff crisis. Alternative Minimum Tax.