Top earners can find ways around Buffett rule minimum tax rate

Those affected taxpayers the fewer than 0.5% of Americans with annual incomes exceeding $1 million and tax rates of less than 30% could take advantage of tax-free investments such as municipal bonds to escape the Buffett rule's bite. They also could time asset sales for maximum tax benefits, engage in transactions that don't result in taxable income and make charitable contributions that yield deductions.