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Fee-based government officials are paid by fees charged to the public. Notaries are the most common example. But when I had to probate my mother's estate I had to make a payment to the "Commissioner of Accounts" who was really just a lawyer a block away from the court house who was appointed to the position. State law dictated how much I had to pay the lawyer, so that likely meant that he was a fee-based government official.
Fee-based government officials are paid by fees charged to the public. Notaries are the most common example. But when I had to probate my mother's estate I had to make a payment to the "Commissioner of Accounts" who was really just a lawyer a block away from the court house who was appointed to the position. State law dictated how much I had to pay the lawyer, so that likely meant that he was a fee-based government official.
Michael Jones, 146 T.C. No. 3 makes a clear distinction: https://www.ustaxcourt.gov/ustcinop/opinionviewer.aspx?ID=10686
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