April 8, 2019
![Number of AMT Returns Number of AMT Returns](https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/sites/default/files/fiscal-facts/ff_detailed_c_1.png)
Fact:
Around 4 million taxpayers per year have paid the individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) since 2005. Due to 2017's tax law changes, the AMT will be paid by only about 200,000 taxpayers, and will impose tax of around $5 billion in 2018, down from $31 billion in 2016.