In testimony Monday before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Citizens for Tax Justice Executive Director Bob McIntyre presented the latest CTJ data on the Bush tax cuts. He explained that the administration's proposal to make the tax cuts permanent will cost a total of $5 trillion dollars from 2011 through 2020. This total includes the added interest on the national debt accumulated as a result of the tax breaks. While the President's proposed budget does not include permanent AMT reform, this calculation assumes that Congress will be forced to change the AMT (either through consecutive "patches" or through legislation that permanently reforms the AMT).