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Prior Year Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

PRIOR-AMT · California

Summary

Administrative mechanic allowing taxpayers to recover AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) paid in prior years if regular tax in the current year exceeds AMT. Not a program incentive per se.

Benefit

Percentage
Flat
Duration
Max annual
(taxpayer)
Max total
(taxpayer)
Carryforward

Program metadata

Distribution
taxpayer_earned
Claimant subject
business
Refund/transfer election
none
Program family
Effective
Sunset
Application deadline
Transfer discount

Hard requirements (0)

None.

Preference / tiering rules (0)

None.

NAICS industries (0)

Any.

Geo zones (0)

Statewide / none specified.

Tags (2)

  • is_administrative_mechanic: true
  • notes: AMT recovery feature, not a business incentive program. May be operationally excluded.

Tax bases

  • corporate_income_taxprimary

Source

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/credit-table.html
Schedule P, Section A2 (AMT recovery mechanic)
Last verified: 2026-04-15
This is a structural tax-relief feature, not a business incentive program. Retained in seed for completeness per FTB Credit Table but may be operationally excluded.