IRS Employees Will Begin Taking Online Courses

Is there anything as enduring as the business of taxes? This summer, while most students head out to enjoy the hot weather, some 700 Internal Revenue Service employees will go back to class to brush up on their accounting skills. The classes will convene online, however, through a consortium of major universities across the country.

The courses are part of a multimillion-dollar program to improve services at the I.R.S. -- a response to criticism from Congress,

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