Is a Trust Subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax? or Does

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Essay

Is a trust subject to the alternative minimum tax? Or does the trust "pass through" AMT items to its grantor and beneficiaries?

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Definitions:

Chain Restaurant

A set of restaurants owned and operated by the same company, offering a consistent menu and experience across multiple locations.

Mom-and-Pop Restaurant

A small, usually independently owned and operated restaurant with a limited workforce and often characterized by local or familial ownership.

Pure Monopolist

A market condition where a single firm has exclusive control over the supply of a product or service, and no close substitutes exist.

Short Run

The short run in economics is a period during which at least one input, such as plant size, is fixed and cannot be changed.