IRS
pronunciation
How to pronounce IRS in British English:
UK [ˌaɪ ɑ:r ˈes]
How to pronounce IRS in American English:
US [ˌaɪɑr'es]
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- Noun:
- the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
Word Origin
- IRS
- also I.R.S., initialism (acronym) of Internal Revenue Service, U.S. federal government tax collection agency, attested by 1954. The office dates to 1862; name changed 1953 from Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Example
- 1. An irs spokeswoman declined to comment .
- 2. Irs interviews would later corroborate this .
- 3. Anyone can get a ruling from the irs by completing form ss-8 .
- 4. At least the irs isn 't taxing downloads - yet .
- 5. Additional information available from the newly expanded irs form 990 .