Synopsis
A memoir of one man's 12-year stint at the IRS, CONFESSIONS OF A TAX COLLECTOR traces the dirty work Yancey had to perform as a "revenue officer," including hunting down delinquent taxpayers and seizing their property. The book presents an engaging account of the author (who comes across not as a villain but as, simply, someone doing his job) and his travails.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-01-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 364 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
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.
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