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T07-0033 - Index AMT and Increase Top Tax Rate, The Baseline is Tax Cuts Extended with the Itemized Deduction Treated as a 15% Credit and AMT Treated as in 2006, Static Impact on Revenue ($ billions), 2009-17

2009-17 Static impact on tax liability and revenue of indexing the AMT at 2006 levels and increasing the top marginal rate to 39.6 percent, assuming the tax cuts are extended and taxpayers must choose between the standard deduction and a credit equal to 15 percent of itemized deductions

March 12, 2007