It's a great way to increase Taxes with out passing
legislation.

As Salaries and deductible expenses go up the deductibility
of the expenses phase out and the Taxpayer pays more. The
"Tax and spend" lovers (aren't they all?) could not have
thought of a better system.

Think of the Bonus Taxes the Gov gets from all the IRA etc
deferments taken at 15% then taxed at 28% when with drawn at
retirement etc..

CBS
Nichols

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"Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman[at]yahoo.com> wrote:
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I don't think that indexing will really only tax those
really wealthy taxpayers that it originally intended to.

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joetaxpayer <joetaxpayer[at]nospam.com> wrote:

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Most of the real problems with the AMT could have been
avoided if they had merely indexed AMT to inflation like
they did most of the rest of the tax code. Although it is
probably a good idea to have the concept of bracket creep
reintroduced on occasion.

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William Brenner <wbren...[at]nospamplease.net> wrote:

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Next, they will be coming out for slower depreciation,
elimination of the mortgage interest deduction and for jock
itch.

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William Brenner wrote:

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I understand the desire to close tax loopholes and to pay
one's fair share. At the risk of sounding like "as long as
you don't tax me" I think there should be some basic sacred
cows, mortgage interest, property tax, state tax, which the
AMT should not negate. Living in a state (yes, I live here
by choice, no one twisted my arm) that has high income and
property tax, and now I find that my property tax and much
of our state income tax is canceled by the effect of the
AMT. Long term cap gains also are not 15%, more like 22.5%.

Funny, mortgage interest, which I've done my best to
minimize, is allowed, right up to my gross income, but the
other two, out of my control, are not.

JOE

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Here is some food for thought and a potential
source for lively discussion.

(Please note that the contents do not necessarily
reflect the views of the contributor. So please,
as the said in the old west, don't shoot the
piano player.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...901577_pf.html
Or:
http://snipurl.com/1sf7y
http://tinyurl.com/2wujge

Moderator:
Defending the AMT must be Tax Humor!

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