SECTION 4. SCOPE

.01 Requests to which user fees apply . In general, user fees apply to all requests for letter rulings, opinion letters, determination letters, and advisory letters submitted by or on behalf of taxpayers, sponsoring organizations or other entities as described in this revenue procedure. Further, administrative scrutiny determination user fees, described in Rev. Proc. 93–41, are collected through the user fee program described in this revenue procedure. Requests to which a user fee or an administrative scrutiny determination user fee is applicable must be accompanied by the appropriate fee as determined from the fee schedule set forth in section 6 of this revenue procedure. The fee may be refunded in limited circumstances as set forth in section 10.

.02 Requests and other actions that do not require the payment of a user fee .

Actions which do not require the payment of a user fee include the following:

(1) Requests for information letters as defined in Rev. Proc. 2006–4, page 132, this Bulletin.

(2) Elections pertaining to automatic extensions of time under § 301.9100–1 of the Procedure and Administration regulations.

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page 204, this Bulletin. In that case, although no user fee applies to the request submitted on Form SS–8, the applicable user fee must be paid in connection with the application for determination on the plan’s qualification.

(2) Requests as to whether a worker is an employee for federal employment taxes and federal income tax withholding purposes (chapters 21, 22, 23, and 24 of subtitle C of the Code) submitted on Form SS–8, Determination of Worker Sta- tus for Purposes of Federal Employment