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Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS Paperback - 2004

by Richard Yancey

This brilliantly written, heartfelt memoir tells of a young man whose 12-year stint working for the federal government tested his ethics, and almost cost him his soul.


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Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he'd made over the three previous years combined. It turned out that the job was for the Internal Revenue Service -- the most hated and feared organization in the federal government.

So Yancey became the man who got in his car, drove to your house, knocked on your door, and made you pay. Never mind that his car was littered with candy wrappers, his palms were sweaty, and he couldn't remember where he stashed his own tax records. He was there on the authority of the United States government.

With "a rich mix of humor, horror, and angst [and] better than most novels on the bestseller lists" (Boston Sunday Globe), Confessions of a Tax Collector contains an astonishing cast of too-strange-for-fiction characters. But the most intriguing character of all is Yancey himself who -- in detailing how the job changed him and how he managed to pull himself back from the brink of moral, ethical, and spiritual bankruptcy -- reveals what really lies beneath those dark suits and mirrored sunglasses.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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For most of the past thirteen years, I have used a different name, chosen by me and approved by our government, to perform the task appointed to me by the people of the United States.

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  • Title Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS
  • Author Richard Yancey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 361
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
  • Date 2004-12-28
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780060555610 / 0060555610
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.08 x 5.26 x 0.97 in (20.52 x 13.36 x 2.46 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, United States - Officials and employees
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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