Within the next five years, more than 36 million Americans will be subject to the "Alternative Minimum Tax." Find about this little-known tax rule (on the books since 1978), why you'll likely be paying it, and why conservatives and liberals agree that although it should be repealed, Congress probably won't touch it.
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Alternative Minimum Tax
Listen Monday, Dec. 15, 2003 at 1:22 p.m. in EconomyGuests
Len Burman
Senior Fellow, Urban Institute; Co-Director of Urban/Brookings the Tax Policy Center; Visiting Professor at Georgetown University
Mary Beth Franklin
Reporter, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
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