Payment Options Quotes
The nation was still in the midst of the George W. Bush economic collapse and recession. Usually, IRS leadership and enforcement was notorious for being inflexible and showing no empathy for people who could not pay. This was an unprecedented reversal of style and policy.
At the time there was no national paper money. Individual banks printed their own and paper money was not accepted or heavily discounted most Americans. Most opposed a tender law that required paper money to be accepted in commerce.