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Should the IRS Go Down in History?

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Stock image of businessman pushing a giant stack of documents isolated on white background3 reasons an agency historian would be a good idea.

By CPA Trendlines Research

Karl Marx may have been wrong about workers rising up against their capitalist overlords, but he was right in observing that much of history can be explained by economics.

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If history and economics go hand in hand, it makes sense  that the Internal Revenue Service, an entity through which trillions of dollars pass in a constant flow, should have an in-house historian. Its policies, programs, decisions, managers, records, cases, controversies and artifacts are an important part of American and world history – but only if they survive for historical analysis.
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3 Ways to Improve IRS Levies

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Hand drawing a rainbow-colored 3Because common sense isn’t always common.

By CPA Trendlines Research

There’s a rumor that the pillared citadel of the Internal Revenue Service on Constitution Avenue has a secret room where no one ever goes. It’s the largest room in the building, yet empty save for distant echoes in the dark. The room has a name. It’s called The Room for Improvement.

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OK, that’s an exaggeration. The IRS is constantly improving, at least when Congress gives it the funds to do so.

But that doesn’t mean The Room isn’t there.
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