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IRS cannot redesignate a payment made under taxpayer instructions

Number
201145022
Outcome
Advice
Document type
Chief Counsel Advice
IRS subject
Mode or Time of Collection
Topics
Procedure, penalties, and administration
Code sections
§ 6302, § 6110
Ruling dated
November 1, 2011
Publicly released
November 10, 2011
Source
View Official PDF

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This page covers legal advice the IRS Office of Chief Counsel wrote for IRS staff, issued in 2011, which can't be cited as precedent. Ask about your situation and see what the current Code and IRS guidance say, with citations.

Currency note: this determination was released in 2011
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Not precedent. Under 26 U.S.C. § 6110(k)(3), this written determination may not be used or cited as precedent. It is advice from the IRS Office of Chief Counsel to IRS personnel on the facts they presented, and identifying details were redacted by the IRS before release. The official IRS release (linked on this page as a PDF) is the authoritative source.
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Plain-English summary

Chief Counsel's Office advice addressed whether the IRS could transfer or redesignate a payment. The advice concluded that the Service could not do so when it applied the payment in accordance with the taxpayer's instructions. On the stated facts, the Service had acted consistently with those instructions.

Ruling snapshot

  • Question: Could the IRS transfer or redesignate a payment that it applied according to the taxpayer's instructions?
  • Outcome: Advice given.
  • Key authorities: IRC § 6302; 26 U.S.C. § 6110(k)(3)

Full text (IRS public release)

ID: CCA_2011110110054022 Number: 201145022
Release Date: 11/10/2011
Office: --------------
UILC: 6302.00-00

From: -----------------------------
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 10:05:41 AM
To: --------------------------
Cc:
Subject: RE: Designated Payments

The Service is not permitted to transfer or redesignate a payment when the Service has applied the payment in accordance with the taxpayer’s instructions. According to your facts, the Service merely acted in accordance with the taxpayer’s instructions.

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