James Couzens who had launched an investigation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue as he stepped out of the Senate chamber.
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Later that same year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue also expanded the concept to include cash payments in lieu of in-kind meals.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue addressed employer-provided housing and meals very early.
As discussed below, the convenience of the employer doctrine was recognized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 1919, before it was ever codified.
Tax revenues are also at a record high, thanks to two reform-minded officials who head the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs, which have traditionally been impregnable fortresses of graft.
The corrupt apparatchiks of the Bureau of Internal Revenue stopped collecting taxes to protest against a boss who had tried to stop them taking bribes, yet legislation to overhaul the agency is gathering dust in Congress.
Commissioners generally only serve one term after being appointed and no Commissioner has served longer than five years since the office was created by Congress by the Revenue Act of 1862 (although the IRS was, at that time, referred to as the Bureau of Internal Revenue).
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By last count, no fewer than 106 federal agencies are tasked with gathering statistics, the most important being the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Census Bureau, U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Services, Office of Management and Budget, and Economics and Statistics Administration.
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In addition, securitisers face probes by several state attorneys-general, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, as well as lawsuits from investors and a rising number of stricken municipalities.
The data was compiled from a mix of Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Stated differently, based on the data provided by the Census Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service, the relative tax burden of the top 5% of American earners compared with the remaining 95% has grown from roughly three-to-one prior to 1980 to almost six-to-one today.
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