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1. The IRS issues numerous pronouncements. Name the four that are the most important in conducting Federal tax research.

2. "A tax researcher should not ignore Proposed Regulations." Comment on this statement

3. Sometimes a Private Letter Ruling is generalized and included in an official IRS publication. What form does this recast private ruling take?

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Given that the Internal Revenue Service or IRS issues numerous pronouncements resulting to several (actually more than a handful) pronouncements for individual tax issues making Federal tax research a very complex activity. Hence, it is important that at the get-go, a Federal tax researcher looks at the most important pronouncements before doing a broader research. Four of these most ...

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