Alternative Tax Is Being Misdirected

Although fixing the alternative minimum tax (“Alternative Tax May Hit More,” Personal Finance, Dec. 11) may reduce tax revenues, it is important to return the AMT to its original intention.

The AMT was set up to capture taxes from wealthy individuals who were avoiding taxes.

The original error was not indexing the AMT deduction for inflation. Now it is affecting middle-income taxpayers.

The correct answer to returning the AMT to its original intention is to index the AMT deduction for inflation starting in the 1970s, when it was first enacted.

Randall Wise

Glendale