Confessions of a tax collector
Subtitle: one man's tour of duty inside the IRS
By: Richard Yancey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780060555603
Subjects: Yancey, Richard; United States. Internal Revenue Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography; United States. Internal Revenue Service; Tax administration and procedure -- United States; Tax administration and procedure -- Corrupt practices -- United States
Description: Describes the workforce culture of the Internal Revenue Service, recounting how the author joined the IRS as an impressionable jobseeker and witnessed cover-ups, schemes, and widespread paranoia over a twelve-year period.
Table of contents: title: Author's note --; title: Cast of characters -- -- The; title: service -- -- The; title: organization -- -- The; title: occupation -- -- The; title: four protocols -- -- pt. 1. The; title: trainee -- -- 1.; title: Challenger -- -- 2.; title: Shoot them all -- -- 3.; title: Dance lessons -- -- 4. The; title: prince of power -- -- 5.; title: Drain bamaged -- -- 6.; title: Byzantium -- -- 7.; title: Something in the water -- -- 8.; title: Gina's cat -- -- pt. 2. The; title: revenue officer -- -- 9.; title: Leverage -- -- 10.; title: Is it safe? -- -- 11.; title: War -- -- 12.; title: Vengeance -- -- 13.; title: Demigod -- -- 14.; title: Annie --; title: Epilogue.