revenue ruling

revenue ruling definition - business

revenue ruling

The written guidance that is provided taxpayers by the Internal Revenue Service. Although revenue rulings apply to individual situations, they are often of general interest because of the manner in which the IRS interprets a particular tax problem. Also called letter ruling, ruling.

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