The Internal Revenue Service will not accept cash – United States currency – in payment of a public tax debt.
Has legal tender gone away? What happens if a debt holder refuses legal tender? Shays’ Rebellion, which brought George Washington out of retirement and figured in the debates over the Constitution, took place for this very same reason.
Bruce Clark
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