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Bubba Jimmy
As I suspected, you cannot point to any external source for the information you say is true. That is how people get bad advice that costs them.
Did you even bother to read page 27 and 28 of Pub. 17? You could not possibly have read it because it is black and white. If the IRS states what I say in their official publications then I'll stand behind that. I have no experience with the IRS instructing one thing, and then doing the opposite "in the field" as you put it. I'd spend all my time in tax court if that was how they did it.
I don't mean to frustrated you, but when I give people advice that is straight from the IRS instructions it frustrates me when you find it necessary to repeately challenge and tell me I'm wrong with nothing you can point to that proves your point. I'm here to learn as much as anyone, but I can't accept what you say just because you say it and I don't ask my clients to accept the advice I give them just because I say it. I show them in the books, print it out, highlight it, and do what ever I need to so they know they're getting the best possible advice. And I warn them about tax professionals who pretend to know everything but can't show you any of it in writing.