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alternative minimum tax

noun alternative minimum taxes

  1. US, countable, uncountable 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.

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@misc{alternative_minimum_tax_2026,
  title = {alternative minimum tax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alternative%20minimum%20tax},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}