some facts about the internal revenue service ( irs )
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The Internal Revenue Service was formed on July 1, 1862 during the Civil War.It was created to collect temporary income tax to pay war expenses.TRANSCRIPT
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Some facts about the IRS
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The Internal Revenue Service was formed on July 1, 1862 during the Civil War.
It was created to collect temporary income tax to pay war expenses.
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The IRS has around 89,500 employees (2014).
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In 2014, the IRS’ budget was $11.3 billion.
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The IRS collects around $2.7 trillion each year.
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In 2013, 240 million tax returns were filed with the IRS.
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In 2013, 77,268,000 tax refunds were e-filed by Tax Professionals.
Total e-filed tax returns: 122,515,000.
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These were some facts about the IRS.
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