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The IRS employs many lawyers and employees of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel are its principal legal staff who number 1560, of whom about 550 work in the IRS National Office in Washington, while the balance work in offices around the country. They provide legal advice to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the local IRS offices, and they act as the lawyer for the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in all Tax Court cases. In addition, some are specially designated to assist United States Attorneys in bankruptcy, summons enforcement and other civil cases.
In 1998, a Chief Counsel’s ...