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IRS Fends Off Bedbugs

Maybe it’s a good thing that the IRS has decided to stop mailing paper tax form packages to taxpayers next year, or it could be sending some unwanted visitors to taxpayers’ homes.

At least two IRS facilities have reportedly been infested with bedbugs, including buildings in Philadelphia, Pa., and Covington, Ohio. For a video about the Covington invasion, check out this report from a local TV news broadcast on the TaxProf blog.

No telling where the bedbugs came from, but maybe it’s a way of discouraging employees from sleeping at their desks.

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