How to Submit A Question to the AMT Advisor. AMT Preferences. In General. In calculating alternative minimum taxable income (AMTI), in addition to adding back or subtracting AMT adjustment items (Code Sec. 56), under Code Sec. 57, taxpayers must add back certain AMT preference items. The AMT preference items are: Depletion; Excess Intangible drilling costs; Interest on private activity bonds
The Dawes Act was designed as an attempt to assimilate American Indians into the culture at large. At the same time it gave the government power over Indian tribal lands, dividing them individually...
The Dawes Act was intended to be done in a reasonable and humane way. If the Dawes program was not corrupt by its Agents, it may have been successful. Native Americans would have kept a substantial amount of their land along with having the right to be a U.S. citizen. Unfortunately, the system was corrupt with Agents.