[header] How to claim amt credit [title] Collect your tax returns from prior years. [step] You will need information from prior years' taxes in order to determine whether you paid the amt and whether you are eligible for an amt credit this year. To be eligible for an amt credit, you must have made an amt payment at least once in a prior year. 
[substeps] If you cannot locate your prior tax returns, you will be able to get them from the irs. Visit the irs website at www.irs.gov and follow the links to " get a tax transcript " underneath the " tools " heading.