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For the 2018 tax year, the threshold is $191,500 of AMT taxable income for taxpayers filing as single and as married couples filing jointly. It is $95,750 for married couples filing separately. For the tax year 2017, the threshold was $187,800 of AMTI or $93,900 for those who are married filing separately.

The AMT is levied at two rates: 26 percent and 28 percent. The AMT exemption amount for 2019 is $71,700 for singles and $111,700 for married couples filing jointly (Table 3). In 2019, the 28 percent AMT rate applies to excess AMTI of $194,800 for all taxpayers ($97,400 for married couples filing separate returns).

For the 2018 tax year, the threshold is $191,500 of AMT taxable income for taxpayers filing as single and as married couples filing jointly. It is $95,750 for married couples filing separately. For the tax year 2017, the threshold was $187,800 of AMTI or $93,900 for those who are married filing separately.

Taxpayers first calculate their normal adjusted gross income, then add back in certain items. Next, they, subtract the applicable AMT exemption amount, multiply that by the appropriate AMT tax rate and subtract the AMT foreign tax credit to calculate a tentative minimum tax.

The trigger varies with your regular income tax bracket and the amount of tax preference items you have. The higher your income, the more preference items you need to trigger the AMT.

Taxpayers pay the higher of their tax calculated under regular income tax rules or under the rules for the alternative minimum tax (AMT). In 2017 before enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) the 39.6 percent top rate under the regular income tax was much higher than the 28 percent top statutory AMT rate.

For the 2018 tax year, the threshold is $191,500 of AMT taxable income for taxpayers filing as single and as married couples filing jointly. It is $95,750 for married couples filing separately. For the tax year 2017, the threshold was $187,800 of AMTI or $93,900 for those who are married filing separately.

Calculating the AMT is complicated. Taxpayers first calculate their normal adjusted gross income, then add back in certain items. Next, they, subtract the applicable AMT exemption amount, multiply that by the appropriate AMT tax rate and subtract the AMT foreign tax credit to calculate a tentative minimum tax.

For 2018, they are $109,400 for married joint-filing couples and $70,300 for unmarried individuals. The phase-out thresholds are also dramatically increased to $1 million and $500,000, respectively. Your exemption amount is reduced by 25% of the excess of your AMT income over the applicable phase-out threshold.

The Prior-Year Minimum Tax Credit lets you get back money you paid as an Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) in a prior year. You can only claim this credit in a year when you don't have to pay AMT. You can't use the credit to reduce your AMT liability in the future. ... To calculate the credit.

The AMT is levied at two rates: 26 percent and 28 percent. The AMT exemption amount for 2018 is $70,300 for singles and $109,400 for married couples filing jointly (Table 7). In 2018, the 28 percent AMT rate applies to excess AMTI of $191,500 for all married taxpayers ($95,750 for unmarried individuals).

For the 2018 tax year, the threshold is $191,500 of AMT taxable income for taxpayers filing as single and as married couples filing jointly. It is $95,750 for married couples filing separately. For the tax year 2017, the threshold was $187,800 of AMTI or $93,900 for those who are married filing separately.

First, the AMT exemption was increased substantially. For taxpayers who are married filing jointly, the exemption is $109,400 in 2018. ... They are $1 million for married couples filing jointly and $500,000 for other taxpayers. In 2017, the phaseout levels were $160,900 and $120,700, respectively.

The rules determine the minimum amount of tax your income requires you to pay. If you're already paying at least that much because of the regular income tax, you don't have to pay AMT. But if your regular tax falls below the minimum, you have to pay the higher AMT amount.

The Alternative Minimum Tax Credit. ... You only get a credit for tax paid on deferral items, such as depreciation or realizing the value of stock options. Excluded deductions such as property and state income taxes that may have triggered the AMT cannot be factored into the AMT credit.