alternative minimum tax

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alternative minimum tax (countable and uncountable, plural alternative minimum taxes)

  1. (US, finance) A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates, and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income taxpayers who used the regular tax system to pay little or no tax.
    Synonym: (initialism) AMT

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