AMT stands for Alternative Minimum Tax, which is a special tax that is used to determine taxable income. When it comes to AMT tax planning, you have to be very careful with your strategies, especially when you are trying to avoid the taxes. These taxes are usually imposed on high-income households. This alternative tax system has been designed in a way to ensure that those households who otherwise manage not to pay any taxes can be forced to pay at least a certain minimum amount of income tax. Doing an advance planning for this type of taxes can be very tricky because it is not a credit or deduction measured against specific items on tax returns; rather it is just an alternative system.