(US, finance) A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income taxpayers
(US, finance) A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income taxpayers who used the regular tax system to pay little or no tax.
Alternative minimum tax means: A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income taxpayers who used the. It is finance or tax vocabulary; usage is usually formal or news-related rather than peer slang. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
alternative minimum tax means: A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income. Register: formal or technical, finance/tax English. Standard in its technical domain but rare in everyday talk; gloss with a plain synonym when writing for a general audience. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
Alternative minimum tax means: A tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates and trusts, originally designed to tax high-income taxpayers who used the. It is finance or tax vocabulary; usage is usually formal or news-related rather than peer slang. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
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(US, finance) The taxing of certain unearned income of a child at the parent's marginal rate, regardless of whether the child can be claimed as a dependent on the parent's tax return.
(finance, US) The domestic portion of federal statutory tax law in the United States.
(US, finance, by extension) The Federal unemployment tax collected under that act.
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(US, finance) Of a mortgage loan, that does not conform to the traditional standards of Fannie Mae, but is presented as having an A credit rating, based on the borrower's FICO credit score.