You may wish to write the Office of Tax Policy if:
- You have specific comments and suggestions regarding the development and formulation of Federal tax policy
- You have comments and suggestions about the specific Administration tax proposals or Internal Revenue Service administrative guidance proposals
(Review our mission for a better understanding of the Office's role in developing the Administration's tax policies.)
When you write the Office of Tax Policy:
Your correspondence will be brought to the attention of the appropriate officials for consideration during the Office's discussions of the relevant issue or as part of our ongoing review of Federal tax law. However, extraordinary workloads and limited resources often preclude substantive responses to, or even acknowledgment of, such comments and suggestions. Your correspondence may be released pursuant to provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA requirements may result in the release of information that the correspondent considers personal, private, or confidential.
The Office of Tax Policy won't be able to assist you if:
Your correspondence questions the application and effect of specific tax code provisions to particular facts and circumstances or recommends that tax code provisions be amended or specifically interpreted to accommodate individual facts and circumstances. Moreover, as a policy office, the Office cannot intervene in individual tax matters before the Internal Revenue Service.
Where to write:
The Office of Tax Policy and the Internal Revenue Service often request comments on specific issues and projects. For most expedient consideration, such comments should be submitted as described in the relevant request for comments. If a request for comments includes an electronic mail address, instructions for submission, including any required subject line keywords, must be followed exactly.
Unsolicited comments and suggestions regarding the development or formulation of Federal tax policy, may be directed to:
Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy)
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 3120
Washington, D.C. 20220
Including a concise synopsis in the first paragraph will assist in appropriately routing your correspondence for prompt consideration.
Tax Policy and the Freedom of Information Act
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