the Internal Revenue Service

noun

: the department of the U.S. federal government that is responsible for collecting taxes

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Saul Loeb / Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images The Times found that the company is now speaking with various other agencies, including the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), with a focus on its Foundry product, a comprehensive data integration and analytics platform. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 The White House has threatened to end the university’s tax-exempt status, and some media outlets have reported that the Internal Revenue Service is taking steps in that direction. Corey Mitchell, The Conversation, 23 May 2025 Billy Long, a former Republican congressman from Missouri whom President Trump has tapped to lead the Internal Revenue Service, encouraged people to claim a tax credit that the I.R.S. has said does not exist, according to the company that offered the tax break. Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 20 May 2025 But the law bars the executive branch from using the Internal Revenue Service to target any particular taxpayer. Luke Garrett, NPR, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Internal Revenue Service

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“The Internal Revenue Service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Internal%20Revenue%20Service. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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