private letter ruling

private letter ruling
private letter ruling n: a letter from the Internal Revenue Service to an individual taxpayer setting out the agency's interpretation of the tax rules relating to a specific situation or transaction proposed by the taxpayer

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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