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By Anthony J. Nitti - CPA, MST Secrets of the Fiscal Cliff

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What follows is a list of some of the tax aspects of the fiscal cliff deal that may not have made headlines, but are just as important as those that did: 1. Your taxes are going up. According to the Tax Policy Center, even though the Bush tax cuts have been extended for 98% of taxpayers, 77% of Americans will pay higher taxes in 2013. Why? Because on December 31, 2012, the temporary 2% reduction in an employees’ share of the Social Security tax expired, and this provision was not extended as part of the fiscal cliff negotia- tions. As a result, if you earn wages, you can expect your paychecks to be 2% lighter in 2013 than they were in 2012, at least on the first $113,700 of income. 2. If you earn between

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$250,000 and $450,000, you may not have received the reprieve you think you did. At your income level, you will find that the alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption – which was permanently patched as part of the deal, a move that will save an additional 28 million taxpayers from falling victim to the AMT – does you no good, as you are completely phased-out from using the ex- emption by virtue of your high income. Making matters worse,

your four personal exemptions and sizeable state tax deduction are not permitted in computing your income subject to the AMT. Lastly, because the AMT is subject to a flat 26% rate on income up to $175,000 and 28% thereafter, you do not get any benefit from the continua- tion of the lower marginal tax rates in computing your AMT liability. As a result, you may well find that the raising of the barrier of where the 39.6% tax continued on page 12A

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