https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/amt-6251/01/1237240#M449364 <P>turbotax is insisting I need to file 6251 and elect a treatment of foreign tax. Yet my income is so low I end up paying no taxes at all (either regular or AMT). I had the same situation last year using a CPA, and there was no 6251 nonsense. What is going on, and can I suppress all aspects of the unnecessary 6251?</P> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:59:59 GMT vxqtl 2020-02-26T19:59:59Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/amt-6251/01/1237240#M449364 <P>turbotax is insisting I need to file 6251 and elect a treatment of foreign tax. Yet my income is so low I end up paying no taxes at all (either regular or AMT). I had the same situation last year using a CPA, and there was no 6251 nonsense. What is going on, and can I suppress all aspects of the unnecessary 6251?</P> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:59:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/amt-6251/01/1237240#M449364 vxqtl 2020-02-26T19:59:59Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-amt-6251/01/1241995#M450720 <P>Form 6251 references Form 2555 and Form 1116.&nbsp; You should complete the Form 6251 even if you have no AMT.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:50:29 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-amt-6251/01/1241995#M450720 KarenJ2 2020-02-27T13:50:29Z