What is the IRS role in the American government? The IRS is the American government collections agency. Just like a credit card or a bank collections agency, their sole purpose is to make sure you pay the US government. Side stepping the entire philosophical debate regarding whether the US government has the moral authority to take money from it's citizens, the IRS has been given some serious powers by the US Congress to conduct its job a collection agent. Among those powers is the pow...
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