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May 23, 2008Bill Includes Stock Option AMT Relief
The Gazette, David DeWitte
Jan 20, 2008Tax victim: I lost my home & retirement savings to AMT
Baltimore Sun, Angela Hartley
Jan 04, 2008Congress again does nothing to fix unjust tax law
Baltimore Sun, Jay Hancock
Dec 12, 2007Alternative Minimum Tax and ISO Relief is Due and is Right
Know More Media, Hal Halladay
Nov 14, 2007Full Relief for AMT Tax Inequity Suffered by America’s Workforce
American Benefits Council, American Benefits Council
Oct 31, 2007Helping folks battle the punitive alternative minimum tax
Sam Johnson's e-Newsletter, Sam Johnson
Oct 24, 2007Action Urged on Alternative Tax
The Gazette, David DeWitte
Aug 27, 2007IRS' Demands Don't Ease Ely Couple
The Gazette, David DeWitte
Mar 20, 2007An Unpleasant Suprise Looms For Many Taxpayers
Eagle Tribune, Krystal Hicks
Mar 18, 2007Tax Nightmare
Baltimore Sun, Jay Hancock
Nov 29, 2006Hope for Alternative Minimum Tax Reform
Washington Post - Op Ed, Tim Carlson
Nov 18, 2006The Alternative Minimum Tax: A Better System?
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Alan D. Viard
Oct 16, 2006Roundup of Important Tax Cases in 2006
New York Law Journal, Sidney Kess
Oct 05, 2006Outdated Tax Law Punishes Hard-Working Americans
The Manchester Enterprise and Saline Reporter, Mike Brown
Sep 24, 2006It's Time To Get Realistic About Federal Deficit
The StarPress.com, Patrick Barkey
Sep 05, 2006CTF Recognizes Recent Court Rulings Leave All Aspects of ISO AMT Relief in Congress' Hands
Press Release, Business Wire
Jul 24, 2006Congress Should Fix Unfair Tax Quirk
Des Moines Register, Editorial Board
Mar 24, 2006Reforms Repeatedly Stalled
The Heartland Institute, Steve Stanek
Mar 24, 2006AMT Sending Tens of Thousands to Financial Ruin
The Heartland Institute, Steve Stanek
Mar 13, 2006Some Say AMT System Should Be Repealed
The Dallas Morning News, Pamela Yip
Feb 28, 2006Real Tax Reform Easy: Kill the AMT
Wheeling News Register, The Intelligencer
Feb 23, 2006Be on the Lookout for Alternative Minimum Tax
Concord Journal, David B. Matias
Feb 19, 2006Consult an Expert on Tax Options
Associated Press
Feb 17, 2006Congress Must Correct an Unfair Tax Anomaly
The Oregonian, The Editorial Board
Feb 05, 2006Free Those Trapped by Unfair Tax
Des Moines Register, Editorial Board
Feb 04, 2006After Stock Tanks, Taxes Squeezes Iowa Families. Grassley's Response
Des Moines Register, Editorial Board
Jan 25, 2006US AMT Stock Option Victims Hope For Redress
www.tax-news.com, Mike Godfrey
Jan 25, 2006Tax Planning is Critical with ISOs
Dow Jones, Tara Siegel Bernard
Jan 09, 2006Five Ways to Beat the AMT
MSN, Jeff Schnepper
Jan 04, 2006TechNet Joins in Support of 3385
Press Release, TechNet and CTF
Nov 22, 2005Alternative Minimum Tax Sending Eastern Iowans to the Poorhouse
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Dave DeWitte
Oct 21, 2005Michigan ReformAMT Member's Letter Hits Press
Tax Analysts, John Terech
Oct 21, 2005Talk Radio Host on AMT and Interview with ReformAMT (2.8 MB audio)
KGO-810 Talk Radio, Gene Burns
Oct 18, 2005Are You Vulnerable to the Alternative Minimum Tax?
Morningstar, Christine Benz
Oct 03, 2005Bankruptcy Deadline Looms for Those With AMT/ISO Problems
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Sep 03, 2005Tax trap waiting to happen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Avrum D. Lank
Aug 29, 2005AMT bill could stop some taxpayers' option nightmare
WebCPA, Roger Russell
Aug 21, 2005Is This Tax Trap Waiting for You?
Chicago Tribune, William Neikirk
Aug 17, 2005Intensity, Not Volume of Comments, Matters to Tax Reform Panel
Tax Notes, Heidi Glenn
Aug 14, 2005Creeping Minimum Tax Hard to Justify or Reform
Bloomberg News, Chet Currier
Aug 10, 2005Rep. Johnson of Texas Seeks Tax Break for "Phantom" Incentive Stock Option Gains
BNA, BNA
Jul 27, 2005Senator Crapo: Repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax
Human Events Online, Robert B. Bluey
Jul 25, 2005Johnson Proposes ISO Fix As Precursor to AMT Repeal
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Jul 21, 2005Coalition for Tax Fairness Applauds U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson
Business Wire, Coalition for Tax Fairness
Jul 14, 2005Tax Reform Panel Gives AMT Fix High Priority
WebCPA, WebCPA Staff
Jun 27, 2005Point and Counterpoint: Should the Individual AMT Be Repealed?
Tax Analysts, Linda M. Beale and Yoram Keinan
Jun 14, 2005Bipartisan opposition for AMT, or 'stealth tax'
The Hill, Elana Schor
May 03, 2005AMT Spells No. 1 Tax Problem Most of Us Face
Redland Daily Facts, Joseph W. Walloch
Apr 15, 2005Stealth Tax Snares Unsuspecting Americans
NBC News, Chip Reid
Apr 15, 2005AMT Effects Spreading
The Times-Picayune, Bill Walsh
Apr 15, 2005
NBC, Chip Reid
Apr 13, 2005No more Mr. Nice Guy: IRS swoops in for audits
(Go to section labeled "Perplexity" near the end. Thanks to ReformAMT member Eric for giving the interview!)
USA Today
, Sandra Block
Mar 30, 2005IRS Commissioner Favors Abolishing (AMT) Tax Provision
Copley News Service, Finlay Lewis
Mar 14, 2005AMT Opponents, Taxwriters Plot to Put Repeal on the Reform Road Map
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Mar 08, 2005Africa Shows How to Handle Stock Options the Right Way!
Business Day (Johannesburg), Sanchia Temkin
Mar 05, 2005Tax Aimed At Wealthy Expanding Its Reach
San Diego Union Tribune, Wilkie and Lewis
Feb 28, 2005AMT - It Could Happen To You
Kiplinger, Mary Beth Franklin
Feb 25, 2005AMT: The tax we love to hate
CBS Marketwatch, Marshall Loeb
Nov 30, 2004U.S. Senate Finance Committee Questions IRS's Administration of OIC Program
Senate Finance Committee, Senators Grassley and Baucus
Nov 07, 2004Dole Says Fixing AMT is Likely
Silicon Valley Business Journal, Timothy Roberts
Oct 14, 2004Another Temporary Patch for AMT
Scripps Howard News Service, Mary Deibel
Sep 14, 2004Minimum tax likely to cause more pain
Washington Post, Albert B. Crenshaw
Aug 27, 2004Class Tax is Now Mass Tax
Silicon Valley Biz Ink, Carolyn Schuk
Aug 15, 2004Windfalls and pratfalls in exercising options
SFGate, Kathleen Pender
Aug 09, 2004Scrap the code
Jack Kemp
Aug 05, 2004Bush, Kerry Are Far Apart on How Raising Taxes on 'Rich' Pans Out
Wall Street Journal, David Wessel
Aug 01, 2004A Taxing Situation Faces State, Nation
Twin Cities, Dave Beal
Jul 30, 2004Statement of Robert Greenstein of CBPP on the Administration's Mid-Session Review
U.S. Newswire
Jul 30, 2004Democrats' Challenge on Tax Complexity
Cato Institute, Chris Edwards
Jul 07, 2004Don't believe all you hear
Real Estate Views, Jim Pope
Jun 16, 2004House Panel Probes Tax Code's Worst Woes
Associated Press, MARY DALRYMPLE
Jun 16, 2004If Congress would just control itself
The Advertiser-Tribune
Jun 07, 2004The Taxonomist -- In praise of the Alternative Minimum Tax.
The American Prospect, Robert S. McIntyre
May 10, 2004Politicians dodging a tax crisis
SFGATE.com, David Lazarus
May 10, 2004House passes 1-year fix for alternative minimum tax
Charlotte Observer, SUMANA CHATTERJEE
May 10, 2004Collins Again Agrees: AMT Needs to Go
May 10, 2004EDITORIAL: The `alternative minimum tax'
May 10, 2004Gotcha Again
Forbes, Janet Novack
May 05, 2004House votes to hold back minimum tax for a year
Associated Press, MARY DALRYMPLE
May 04, 2004Not rich? You'll wish you were once the AMT blindsides you
Baltimore Sun, Eileen Ambrose
May 03, 2004House Passes Tax Cuts for Married Couples
Guardian Unlimited, MARY DALRYMPLE
Apr 27, 2004Grassley makes farm tax reform a priority
Farm Bureau News
Apr 27, 2004The trouble with taxes: Too hard and they make no sense
USA Today, Sandra Block
Apr 27, 2004Zapped on taxes by AMT
SFGate, Kathleen Pender
Apr 27, 2004Alternative tax seeks scams, sets nutty trap
FREE PRESS, SUSAN TOMPOR
Apr 27, 2004IRS Commissioner Hit by AMT
WebCPA staff
Apr 27, 2004Alternative Minimum Monster
Chris Kinnan, Citizens for a Sound Economy
Apr 27, 2004Tax Slavery and the IRS
Newsmax.com, Christopher Ruddy
Apr 27, 2004Tax Cut Bugaboo
Renee D. Turner, BET
Apr 27, 2004Simplify the individual tax code
Boston News, Richard E. Neal
Apr 23, 2004House to Parade Election-Year Tax Bills Over Next Two Months
taxanalysts.com
Apr 23, 2004Minor Changes Coming to Offer in Compromise Rules, IRS Official Says
taxanalysts.com
Mar 15, 2004What tax cut? Meet the AMT
CNN/Money
Mar 06, 2004Alternative minimum tax snares more in middle class
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Feb 26, 2004Executive Battles IRS Over Paper Profits on Options
LA Times, Kathy M. Kristof
Feb 11, 2004Roadmap to your taxes
San Jose Mecury News
Feb 11, 2004AMT: Taxpayer enemy No. 1
San Jose Mecury News
Feb 11, 2004The Stealth Tax
BusinessWeek Online
Feb 03, 2004Alternative Minimum Tax Fix? No Rush
Forbes, Janet Novack
Dec 02, 2003AMT hurts middle- income taxpayers
SF Gate
Oct 24, 2003AMT could boost tax bill
Daily Record, Warren Boroson
Oct 12, 2003Time is now to plan for taxes
The News Journal, Kathy Kristof
Oct 01, 2003Middle Class Tax Bill Shocker
CBS Evening News
Oct 01, 2003Prisoners of the AMT
Kiplinger, Mary Beth Franklin
Jun 23, 2003The Lonely Crusade - A Congressman's fight against the AMT.
FORTUNE, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Jun 23, 2003Meet the Henrys - High Earners Not Rich Yet
FORTUNE, Shawn Tully
Jun 23, 2003Taxpayer, Beware!
FORTUNE, Shawn Tully
Apr 13, 2003What our political leaders could target for tax reform
Mercury News, Dan Gillmor
Apr 13, 2003Tax deserves to be repealed
USA Today, Bruce Bartlett
Apr 13, 2003Adjust tax for inflation
USA Today, Bruce Bartlett
Mar 05, 2003Stock Options Poll
Light Reading, Inc, Light Reading, Inc
Mar 05, 2003Poll: Options Tax Problems Are Common
Light Reading, Inc, Peter Heywood
Mar 05, 2003No Relief for AMT Sufferers
Light Reading, Inc, Marguerite Reardon, Senior Editor
Feb 24, 2003Alternative minimum tax is nipping at middle-class heels
USA Today, Sandra Block
Feb 06, 2003Reforms Fail to Help Families in Tax Trap
Fox 23 Albany NY, News Report
Oct 07, 2002Tax aimed at high earners works its way down
Plano Star Courier, JOHANNA M. BREWER
Oct 02, 2002AMT - Clear and Present Danger Steve
http://www.leimbergservices.com, Mike Nelson
Sep 03, 2002Rossotti Reflects on His Tenure as IRS Reform Commissioner
Tax.org, Amy Hamilton
Sep 01, 2002Battle for Congress Kicks Off
Reuters, John Whitesides
Aug 30, 2002Options traded for cash
Mercury News, Elise Ackerman
Aug 30, 2002SIEBEL RESCUES WORKERS WHOSE STOCK HAS PLUNGED
Mercury News, Elise Ackerman
Aug 29, 2002Talking tough on stock options
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Aug 29, 2002Investor Tax Cut Push Becomes Campaign Tactic
Washington Post, Jonathan Weisman
Aug 29, 2002SURVEY: FIRMS SAY EXPENSING WOULD HURT RANK-AND-FILE
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Jul 07, 2002Blindsiding alternative tax has few fans
Chicago Tribune, Kathy Kristoff
Jun 30, 2002Alternative Tax can be a trap for the unwary
Chicago Tribune, Kathy Kristoff
May 14, 2002Tax hearing set on stock withholding; IRS Wants Payroll Deductions for Employee Purchase Plans
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Apr 23, 2002Will the AMT net you?
Mutual Funds Magazine, Jim Glass
Apr 15, 2002Living in the AMT World
Kiplinger's, Anne Kates Smith
Apr 14, 2002Listening to broker's advice turns to chaos
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Apr 14, 2002AMT rearranged family's lifestyle, dreams
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Apr 14, 2002Tax bill steals dream home
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Apr 14, 2002The tax trap that's not letting go
Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Apr 12, 2002Accountants on Call: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Alternative Minimum Tax
Yahoo! FinanceVision (video), Ellie Kehmeier, Deloitte & Touche
Apr 10, 2002The Tax Man Bloggeth
Fox News, Kerry M. Kerstetter
Apr 10, 2002Will you have to pay the AMT?
Bankrate.com, Kay Bell
Apr 08, 2002'Tax on a Tax' Slams Middle Class
Fox News, Steve Centanni
Apr 07, 2002Will Democrats sit out this budget battle?
Washington Post, David S. Broder
Apr 07, 2002Options need right changes
Mercury News, Dan Gillmor
Apr 06, 2002Silicon Valley Rallies for Stock Options
Mercury News, Deborah Lohse and Heather Phillips
Mar 18, 2002Killer Tax
Forbes, Ashlea Ebeling and Janet Novack
Mar 12, 2002Who's Afraid of the AMT?
CNN Money, Annelena Lobb
Mar 04, 2002Bush Talks Pension Reform
Fox News
Mar 02, 2002Even tax experts disagree on rules for ESPP stock
The Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Feb 21, 2002O'Neill Promises Simplified Tax System
Washington Post, Janine Aversa
Feb 17, 2002A 'Stealth Tax' is Creeping Up on Growing Number of Americans
New York Times, David Cay Johnston
Feb 11, 2002Mercury News Business Archives
Mercury News
Feb 08, 2002Back To Deficit Spending
The Washington Post, David S. Broder
Jan 23, 2002FreshAir interview with David Cay Johnson (AMT @ 32min in program)
NPR - FreshAir - (RealAudio), Terry Gross, Host
Dec 07, 2001More on 529 Savings Plans and the AMT
Fox News, Gail Buckner, CFP
Nov 14, 2001IRS proposes new rules for worker stock plans
The Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Oct 18, 2001Tax Attack
Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Mary Beth Franklin
Oct 18, 2001Corporate AMT Repeal Strikes A Chord With Democrats, Critics
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Sep 17, 2001Work & Family: Savaged by the Slowdown
BusinessWeek, Michelle Conlin
Aug 30, 2001ATTACK OF THE STOCK OPTIONS
Netpreneur News
Aug 20, 2001Technology Employees Continue Chasing Their AMT Holy Grail
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Aug 07, 2001PUSHING AMT REFORM
San Francisco Chronicle, Arthur M. Louis
Aug 06, 2001Congress Closes Summer with Eyes on Fall Agenda
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Jul 09, 2001Taxpayers Burned by the AMT Look for Support
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Jul 02, 2001The Valley's Tax Revolt
The Industry Standard
Jun 19, 2001High-tech employees blast tax at S.J. rally
San Jose Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Jun 18, 2001Tearful cries for tax reform at town hall meeting
San Francisco Chronicle, May Wong
Jun 18, 2001ISOs Meet The AMT: Employees Ambushed by the Tax Code
Tax Notes, Robert L. Sommers
Jun 15, 2001Tech Workers Mobilize for Protest
The Industry Standard, Scott Harris
Jun 15, 2001Local workers lead fight against AMT tax
East Bay Business Times, Dan Gallagher
Jun 11, 2001Brother, can you spare a refund?
The Industry Standard, (Post #6)
Jun 11, 2001Reform Coming For Alternative Minimum Tax?
InformationWeek, Larry Greenemeier
Jun 06, 2001Tax Plan Doesn't Fix AMT Inequity
CBS MarketWatch, Deborah Adamson
Jun 04, 2001Bankruptcy on Internet Time
BusinessWeek
Jun 01, 2001Floyd Norris: Bush's Tax Shuffle
NY Times, Floyd Norris
Apr 30, 2001Outdated AMT Claims First Victims of the 21st Century
Tax Notes, Warren Rojas
Apr 19, 2001The Fine Print: Democrats and Republicans Switch Roles on a Tax
NY Times
Apr 18, 2001Death to the AMT!
Salon.com, Damien Cave and Amy Standen
Apr 15, 2001Move to Repeal AMT on ISOs
Ecommercetax.com
Apr 14, 2001Protest over AMT goes public
San Jose Mercury News, Mark Schwanhausser
Mar 15, 2001Many Investors Running Out of Options
Mercury News
Feb 22, 2001A Tax Code Designed to Bankrupt You
Shelley Souza
Apr 13, 2000It's time to get rid of the alternative minimum tax
AJ Cook
Jan 07, 2000Taxpayer advocate calls for elimination of some taxes, overall tax simplification
Kay Bell