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Obama and Biden's tax returns released – Vice-president is stuck in the AMT

Last week, Barack Obama and President Vice President Joe Biden released his tax revenues in 2008. The president does not pay the alternative minimum tax, but Vice-President is still stuck in it, as it has been for many years. We saw this when they made their public statements during the campaign presidential election.

Biden's income is in the "rich" category as defined by the President – who make more than $ 250,000. But with a total income of $ 269K, just over the limit, it may seem strange that would be subject to the AMT. Unfortunately, our Vice-President of the situation confirms once again that the AMT in its current form is not no way related to the original TN enacted 40 years ago. Keep clicking on "ordinary" Americans who work hard to earn while they get stuck in their "sweet spot". And the ideal is still growing – currently taxpayers more than 4 million and more.

Why Biden on the AMT, but Obama is not? As we shall see in future articles, is just enough income and just at the right level of itemized deductions, and the interaction of these two do. The President, however, the copyright of important books, had almost 3 million dollars in revenue, at what level "Ordinary" tax is higher than the alternative minimum tax.

Is there something that the vice president can do about it? Of course it is – almost everyone can reduce their AMT liability. For Biden, your goal should be retained better time. Especially with higher tax rates on the horizon – remember that the rich people that will soon pay more taxes than expected – the vice president could save tax by making a few simple planning. All it takes it's a little modeling with tax software to see how your deductions may have to adjust a direct impact on the AMT.

Tax returns can be found on the website of the White House – www.whitehouse.gov.

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