SECTION 13. HOW ARE

REQUESTS FOR TAMs and TEAMs WITHDRAWN?

If the manager or chief determines that a TAM or a TEAM is not warranted and proposes to deny the request, the taxpayer is told in writing about the determination. In the letter to the taxpayer, the manager or chief states the reasons for the proposed denial (except in unusual situations when doing so would be prejudicial to the best interests of the Government). The taxpayer has 10 calendar days after receiving the letter to notify the manager or chief of agreement or disagreement with the proposed denial.

.04 The taxpayer may not appeal the decision of the EP or EO Examinations Area manager or the EP or EO Determinations manager or the Appeals Area Director, Area 4, not to request a TAM or a TEAM from EP or EO Technical. However, if the taxpayer does not agree with the proposed denial, all data on the issue for which the TAM or the TEAM has been sought, including the taxpayer’s written request and statements, will be submitted to the Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division or the Director, Appeals, Technical Services as appropriate.

The Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Operating Division through the Director, Employee Plans, or the Director, Exempt Organizations or, if appropriate, the Chief, Appeals will review the proposed denial solely on the basis of the written record, and no conference will be held with the taxpayer or the taxpayer’s representative. The appropriate Director or Chief or his or her representative may consult with EP or EO Technical and the Office of Chief Counsel, if necessary, and will notify the EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or the appeals office within 45 calendar days of receiving all the data regarding the request for a TAM or a TEAM whether the proposed denial is approved or disapproved. The EP or EO Examinations or the EP or EO Determinations or appeals office will then notify the taxpayer.

While the matter is being reviewed, the EP or EO Examinations office or the EP or EO Determinations office or the appeals office suspends action on the issue (except when the delay would prejudice the Government’s interest).

The provisions of this revenue procedure regarding review of the proposed denial of a request for a TAM or a TEAM continue to be applicable in those situations in which the authority normally exercised by the EP or EO Examinations Area manager, the EP or EO Determinations manager, or the Appeals Area Director, Area 4, has been delegated to another official.

Taxpayer notified .01 Once a request for a TAM or a TEAM has been sent to EP or EO Technical, only an EP or EO Examinations Area manager, an EP or EO Determinations manager or an Appeals Area Director, Area 4, may withdraw that request for the TAM or the TEAM. He or she may ask to withdraw a request at any time before the responding transmittal memorandum transmitting the TAM or the TEAM is signed.

The EP or EO Examinations Area manager, the EP or EO Determinations manager or the Appeals Area Director, Area 4, as appropriate, must notify the taxpayer in writing of an intent to withdraw the request for the TAM or the TEAM except—

(1) when the period of limitations on assessment is about to expire and the taxpayer has declined to sign a consent to extend the period, or

(2) when such notification would be prejudicial to the best interests of the Government.

If the taxpayer does not agree that the request for a TAM or a TEAM should be withdrawn, the procedures in section 12 of this revenue procedure must be followed.

EP or EO Technical may provide views

.02 When a request for a TAM or a TEAM is withdrawn, EP or EO Technical may send its views to the EP or EO Examinations office or the EP or EO Determinations office or the Appeals Area Director, Area 4, when acknowledging the withdrawal request. In an appeals

Sec. 13.02 2006–1 I.R.B. 189 January 3, 2006