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Economic Definition of Internal Revenue Service. Defined.

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Term Internal Revenue Service Definition: (IRS) An agency of the U. S. Department of Treasury with the responsibility of collecting taxes. It was established during the Civil War in 1862, but underwent a major overhaul in 1913 when the 16th amendment to the U. S. Constitution gave it the power to collect income taxes.

 

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