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What is the origin of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

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What is the origin of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

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The IRS dates back to President Lincoln when he created the position of commissioner of the Internal Revenue and enacted an income tax during the Civil War. The income tax was repealed ten years later.