Private letter rulings and their fees
The basic fee to get a private letter ruling from IRS is soaring to $28,300 for requests received by the agency after Feb. 1, 2015. The current levy is $19,000.
The charge is much lower for taxpayers with gross income of less than $1 million, $2,200 for those with incomes under $250,000, and $6,500 for filers with incomes between $250,000 and $1 million.