Just reading that, it looks like this isn't free. Essentially, what you're paying the IRS for here is for them to procure legal advice for you (with the added b

Just reading that, it looks like this isn't free. Essentially, what you're paying the IRS for here is for them to procure legal advice for you (with the added benefit that they'll bind themselves to that for a while?) However: > Even with a favorable ruling, a taxpayer has no absolute guarantee of the tax consequences, since the IRS can modify or revoke a previously issued private letter ruling if it is later determined that the ruling was incorrect or inconsistent with the current position of the IRS. So even with a PLR, you have no guarantees.