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A look inside the miserable work environment at the IRS
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Apr 15, 2015
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A look inside the miserable work environment at the IRS
It's Tax Day today. And if you thought filing your taxes was rough, you can be thankful that at least you don't work for the IRS.
The stock market and the economy are booming, yet high-income earners in California paid less tax in June than analysts expected.
The stock market and the economy are booming, yet high-income earners in California paid less tax in June than analysts expected.
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It's Tax Day today. And if you thought filing your taxes was rough, you can be thankful that at least you don't work for the IRS.

It's Tax Day today. And if you thought filing your taxes was rough, you can be thankful that at least you don't work for the IRS.

The Internal Revenue Service has never been a very popular federal agency, but in recent years it's also become a pretty unbearable workplace.

Bloomberg Businessweek staff writer Devin Leonard joined Take Two to explain.