The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
Noun
the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
Usage Examples
I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.
I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.
1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.
Misspelled FormIRS, IRS, RS, IRS, IRS, IS, IRS, IRS, IR, IRS.
Other Usage ExamplesWe don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill.
The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.