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Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous

SECTION 12. HOW DOES A TAXPAYER APPEAL AN EP OR EO MANAGER’S OR AN APPEALS AREA

Internal Revenue Bulletin 2005-1 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

DIRECTOR’S DECISION NOT TO SEEK A TAM OR A TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 .01 Taxpayer notified of decision not to seek a TAM or a TEAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 .02 Taxpayer may request review of decision not to seek a TAM or a TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 .03 EP or EO Examinations Area manager or EP or EO Determinations manager or the applicable

Appeals office determines whether a TAM or a TEAM will be sought. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 .04 Manager or area director’s decision may be reviewed but not appealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

SECTION 13. HOW ARE REQUESTS FOR TAMS AND TEAMS WITHDRAWN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

.01 Taxpayer notified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 .02 EP or EO Technical may provide views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

SECTION 14. HOW ARE CONFERENCES SCHEDULED? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

.01 If requested, offered to the taxpayer when adverse TAM or TEAM proposed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 .02 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 .03 21-day period may be extended if justified and approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 .04 Denial of extension cannot be appealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 .05 Entitled to one conference of right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 .06 Conference may not be taped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 .07 Conference may be delayed to address a request for relief under § 7805(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 .08 Service makes tentative recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 .09 Additional conferences may be offered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 .10 Additional information submitted after the conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 .11 Normally held by telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

SECTION 15. HOW IS STATUS OF REQUEST OBTAINED? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

.01 Taxpayer or the taxpayer’s representative may request status from EP or EO Examinations or EP or

EO Determinations or the appeals office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 .02 EP or EO Technical will give status updates to the EP or EO Examinations or EP or EO

Determinations or the applicable Appeals Area Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

SECTION 16. HOW DOES EP OR EO TECHNICAL PREPARE THE TAM OR THE TEAM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

.01 Delegates authority to group managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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.02 Determines whether request has been properly made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 .03 Contacts the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office to discuss

issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 .04 Informs the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office if any

matters in the request have been referred to another group or office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 .05 Informs the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office if

additional information is needed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 .06 Informs the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office of the

tentative conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 .07 If a tentative conclusion has not been reached, gives date estimated for tentative conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 .08 Advises the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office that

preliminary conclusion is not final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 .09 Advises the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office of final

conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 .10 If needed, requests additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 .11 Requests taxpayer to send additional information to the EP or EO Technical and a copy to the EP or

EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 .12 Informs the taxpayer when requested deletions will not be made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 .13 Prepares reply in two parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 .14 Routes replies to appropriate office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

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