I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 782 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the alternative 
minimum tax on individuals and replace it with an alternative tax individ-
uals may choose. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2009 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mrs. 
BACHMANN, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. HERGER, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. RADANO-
VICH, Mr. FLAKE, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, 
Mr. AKIN, Mrs. LUMMIS, and Mr. SHADEGG) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the alternative minimum tax on individuals and replace 
it with an alternative tax individuals may choose. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayer Choice Act 
of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX FOR NON-
CORPORATE TAXPAYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 55(a) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to alternative minimum tax 
imposed) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new flush sentence: 
‘‘In the case of a taxpayer other than a corporation, no 
tax shall be imposed by this section for any taxable year 
beginning after December 31, 2008, and the tentative 
minimum tax of any taxpayer other than a corporation 
for any such taxable year shall be zero for purposes of 
this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 26(c) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘the term ‘tentative minimum tax’ means 
the amount determined under section 55(b)(1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the tentative minimum tax is zero.’’. 
(2) Section 911(f)(2) of such Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) the tentative minimum tax under section 
55 for the taxable year shall be zero.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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SEC. 3. SIMPLIFIED INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter A of chapter 
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to tax 
on individuals) is amended by redesignating section 5 as 
section 6 and by inserting after section 4 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5. SIMPLIFIED INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) ELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A taxpayer other than a 
corporation may elect in accordance with this sub-
section to be subject to the tax imposed by this sec-
tion in lieu of the tax imposed by section 1 for a tax-
able year and all subsequent taxable years. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—For purposes of 
this title, if an election is in effect under paragraph 
(1) for any taxable year, the tax imposed by this sec-
tion shall be treated as the tax imposed by section 
1 for the taxable year. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii) of this subparagraph 
and clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph 
(B), the election under paragraph (1) may 
only be made with respect to any taxable 
year beginning before January 1, 2019, on 
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a timely filed return for the first taxable 
year for which the election applies. 
‘‘(ii) NEW TAXPAYERS.—In the case 
of an individual with no tax liability under 
this title before January 1, 2019, the elec-
tion under paragraph (1) may only be 
made for the first taxable year beginning 
after December 31, 2018, for which such 
individual has tax liability under this title. 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF ELECTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the election 
under paragraph (1), once made, shall be 
irrevocable. 
‘‘(ii) 
ONE-TIME
REVOCATION
OF 
ELECTION.—A taxpayer may revoke an 
election under paragraph (1) for a taxable 
year and all subsequent taxable years. The 
preceding sentence shall not apply if the 
taxpayer has made a revocation under such 
sentence for any prior taxable year. 
‘‘(iii) FILING STATUS CHANGES DUE 
TO MAJOR LIFE EVENTS.—In the case of 
any major life event described in clause 
(iv), a taxpayer may make an election 
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under paragraph (1) or revoke such an 
election under clause (ii). Any such election 
or revocation shall apply for the taxable 
year for which made and all subsequent 
taxable years until the taxpayer makes an 
election under the preceding sentence for 
any subsequent (and all succeeding) tax-
able year. 
‘‘(iv) MAJOR LIFE EVENT.—For pur-
poses of clause (iii), a major life event de-
scribed in this clause is marriage, divorce, 
and death. 
‘‘(b) TAX IMPOSED.— 
‘‘(1) MARRIED
INDIVIDUALS
AND
SURVIVING 
SPOUSES.—In the case of a taxpayer for whom an 
election under subsection (a) is in effect and who is 
a married individual (as defined in section 7703) 
who makes a single return jointly with his spouse 
under section 6013 or a surviving spouse (as defined 
in section 2(a)), there is hereby imposed on the al-
ternative taxable income of such individual a tax de-
termined in accordance with the following table: 
‘‘If taxable income is: 
The tax is: 
Not over $100,000 ........................
10% of alternative taxable income. 
Over $100,000 ...............................
$10,000, plus 25% of the excess over 
$100,000. 
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‘‘(2) UNMARRIED INDIVIDUALS (OTHER THAN 
SURVIVING SPOUSES).—In the case of a taxpayer for 
whom an election under subsection (a) is in effect 
and who is not described in paragraph (1), there is 
hereby imposed on the alternative taxable income of 
such individual a tax determined in accordance with 
the following table: 
‘‘If taxable income is: 
The tax is: 
Not over $50,000 ..........................
10% of alternative taxable income. 
Over $50,000 .................................
$5,000, plus 25% of the excess over 
$50,000. 
‘‘(c) MAXIMUM OF TAX ON NET CAPITAL GAIN OF 
NONCORPORATE TAXPAYERS.—If a taxpayer has a net 
capital gain for the taxable year, the tax imposed by sub-
section (b) for such taxable year shall not exceed the sum 
of— 
‘‘(1) the amount determined under subsection 
(b) computed at the rate and in the same manner 
as if this paragraph had not been enacted on modi-
fied taxable income reduced by the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the net capital gain, or 
‘‘(B) the adjusted net capital gain, plus 
‘‘(2) 5 percent (0 percent in the case of taxable 
years beginning after 2009) of so much of the ad-
justed net capital gain (or, if less, modified taxable 
income) as does not exceed an amount equal to the 
excess described in section 1(h)(1)(B), plus 
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