SECTION 1. WHAT IS THE

PURPOSE OF THIS REVENUE PROCEDURE?

Operating divisions of the Internal Revenue Service

This revenue procedure explains when and how the Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate), the Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products), the Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting), the Associate Chief Counsel (International), the Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries), the Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration), and the Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities) issue technical advice memoranda (TAMs) and technical expedited advice memoranda (TEAMs) to a director or an Appeals area director. It also explains the rights a taxpayer has when a field office requests a TAM or a TEAM.

.01 The Internal Revenue Service includes four operating divisions that are responsible for meeting the needs of taxpayers:

(1) Large and Mid-Size Business Division (LMSB), which generally serves corporations, including S corporations, and partnerships with assets in excess of $10 million;

(2) Small Business/Self-Employed Division (SB/SE), which generally serves corporations, including S corporations, and partnerships with assets less than or equal to $10 million; estates and trusts; individuals filing an individual federal income tax return with an accompanying Schedule C ( Profit or Loss From Business (Sole Proprietorship) ), Schedule E ( Supplemental Income and Loss ), or Schedule F ( Profit or Loss From Farming ), or Form 2106 ( Employee Business Expenses ) or Form 2106–EZ ( Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses ); and individuals with international tax returns;

(3) Wage and Investment Division (W&I), which generally serves individuals with wage and investment income only and with no international tax returns; and individuals filing an individual federal income tax return without an accompanying Schedule C, E, or F, or Form 2106 or Form 2106-EZ; and

(4) Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division (TE/GE), which generally serves three distinct taxpayer segments: employee plans, exempt organizations, and government entities.

Sec. 1.01 2006–1 I.R.B. 91 January 3, 2006

When a TAM or a TEAM should be requested

Taxpayer participation not required

.02 A TAM or a TEAM should be requested when there is a lack of uniformity regarding the disposition of an issue or when an issue is unusual or complex enough to warrant consideration by an Associate office. This revenue procedure applies only to a case under the jurisdiction of a director or an Appeals area director. A TAM or a TEAM may also be requested on issues considered in a prior Appeals disposition, not based on mutual concessions for the same tax period of the same taxpayer, if the field office that had the case concurs with the request. Once an issue is identified, all requests for a TAM or a TEAM should be made at the earliest possible stage in any proceeding. The fact that the issue is raised late in the examination or appeals process should not influence the field office’s decision to request a TAM or a TEAM.

.03 Although taxpayer participation during all stages of the process is preferred, it is not required in order to request technical advice. In the event that multiple taxpayers will be affected by the advice ( e.g., subject matter of the request involves a transaction between multiple taxpayers), the Associate office can issue a single TAM or TEAM, but only if each taxpayer agrees to participate in the process. In the event that a taxpayer chooses not to participate in a request for a TEAM, the request will usually be treated as a request for a TAM. In general, all parties must agree that the TEAM procedures are appropriate, with the following two exceptions:

(1) Any request in which the Associate office considers whether a letter ruling should be revoked or modified because the field office has determined that there are material differences from the controlling facts on which the original ruling was based will be treated and processed as a request for a TEAM without the need for consensus among the field office, taxpayer, and Associate office. See section 11.03 of Rev. Proc. 2006–1. The taxpayer’s views will be considered if submitted.

(2) Any request for a TEAM that involves, as described in § 6110(g)(5)(A), a matter that is the subject of, or is otherwise closely related to, a criminal or civil fraud investigation, or a jeopardy or termination assessment may be treated and processed as a TEAM without telling the taxpayer about the referral of issues, providing copies of the arguments submitted, or requesting the participation of the taxpayer.

Delegation of authority .04 The provisions of this revenue procedure are applicable in situations in which the authority normally exercised by the director or the Appeals area director has been properly delegated to another official.

Updated annually .05 This revenue procedure is updated annually as the second revenue procedure of the year, but may be modified or amplified during the year.