In the scenario of "What a company owes to the IRS", the outcome of legal procedure is the absolute source of truth. There's no definition of that amount outsid

In the scenario of "What a company owes to the IRS", the outcome of legal procedure is the absolute source of truth. There's no definition of that amount outside of any legal context. OJ killing his wife is an event that occurred independently of the existence of our legal system. A company owing taxes to the IRS is a matter that literally only exists within the context of the United States legal code.