(FAQ archive) Martha's guide to the alternative minimum tax (AMT)

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From Martha:

Here is a good web site that talk about how AMT works: The Amt Advisor

Alternative minimum tax, general concepts:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-impact-27-million-filers-27920.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-part-2-what-deductions-phased-out-27921.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/tax-loss-harvesting-amt-28173.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/land-sale-amt-should-have-done-1031-a-20344.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/alternative-minimum-tax-altmin-101-a-25797.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-homesteaded-property-20399.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-getting-too-close-help-20986.html

AMT exemptions, calculators:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f30/amt-information-18477.html

Incentive stock options and AMT:
http://www.early-retirement.org/for...ow-recover-amt-credit-iso-exercise-26938.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/iso-stock-options-amt-19147.html

Capital gains/losses and AMT
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/land-sale-amt-should-have-done-1031-a-20344.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/capital-gains-amt-24483.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/capital-losses-amt-25876.html

A few AMT deduction qwirks:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-missing-turbotax-tip-26978.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/what-i-learned-1040-class-18880.html

Investments to minimize tax and risk of AMT:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-getting-too-close-help-20986.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/for...alternative-minimum-tax-25270.html#post469521
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/tax-wise-investing-20562.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/31-000-check-coming-soon-amt-tax-bracket-25388.html

Deduction phase out for higher incomes:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/tax-question-24548.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/amt-part-2-what-deductions-phased-out-27921.html

Deduction timing:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/rules-bunching-itemized-deductions-24943.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/for...-estate-taxes-several-future-years-25298.html