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Re:Bizarre Shadowy Paper-Based Payment System Being Rolled O... by agilebyte on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @11:30AM (#7259002)
I do not know where you hail from but if you are a US taxpayer you can apparently pay the IRS using Bitcoin:

https://www.joinsnapcard.com/

More: http://pando.com/2014/01/15/pay-your-taxes-in-bitcoin-snapca...

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Re:Bizarre Shadowy Paper-Based Payment System Being Rolled O... by gamblor956 on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @11:41AM (#7259104)
No, you can pay a 3rd party that claims it will remit your bitcoin payment in the form of USD to the IRS. The IRS doesn't accept Bitcoin.
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Re:Bizarre Shadowy Paper-Based Payment System Being Rolled O... by icebraining on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @01:07PM (#7259781)
Pretty sure that's how most people pay their taxes; they don't usually carry wads of cash to the IRS building, they use a third-party (a bank).
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