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Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by saratogacx on Monday April 30, 2018 @10:04PM (#16964101)
They use IBM/360[1] mainframes. Bloomberg had a good story [2] some time ago that was re-run last April 17th on some of the history.

[1] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tech-timebomb-the-irs-is-...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-17/the-irs-c...

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