The Administration proposed yet another temporary fix to the faulty Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) system by extending the existing temporary fix to the end of 2005. Without this fix, 13 million taxpayers will be subject to AMT instead of under 4 million.
The title of this report says it all: AMT Relief in the FY2005 Budget: A Bandaid for a Hemorrhage.
Source: Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter