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| | The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: No Alternative But Repeal |
 | | This reduction of $2.3 billion is the amount people pay to their tax preparer, the loss of time, the cost to the government to enforce and collect tax payments, etc. Readers may have noticed that the government is listed as both the producer and the receiver of taxes. |
 | | While it is true that people are employed in the course of the deadweight loss (tax attorneys, accountants, IRS auditors, etc.), this deadweight loss is net of their benefit. |
 | | The deadweight loss of the AMT, due to its deviation from its design, is evident when it is considered that in 1998, 25 percent of the taxpayers subject to AMT (mainly wealthy taxpayers) paid 81 percent of its liabilities. |
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