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Conversely, in many locations throughout the country (Fargo, ND being one of them), you can walk into the IRS building without an appointment and converse direc

Conversely, in many locations throughout the country (Fargo, ND being one of them), you can walk into the IRS building without an appointment and converse directly with an agent who will happily take cash, almost every day. They didn't want to go somewhere else, so if cost them just over a week in process. There are costs to living in bureaucratic hotspots.

brewdad 4y ago
Fargo ND may be one of the least accessible cities in the continental US relative to where people actually live. I assume they at least have an airport but it’s still going to be an all day trip, probably overnight, from where I live. Remote areas don’t get a lot of foot traffic isn’t very helpful.
- cafard 4y ago
  Well, unless you live in Fargo or Moorehead, Minnesota. Anyway, I presume that the IRS office is staffed in proportion to the local population.
  - cykros 4y ago
    With multiyear budget shortfalls and high costs of living in major bureaucratic hotspots? I doubt this very much. That might be a goal, but probably not one that is regularly achieved.
mywittyname 4y ago
It's not illegal to travel large distances within the USA while carrying large amounts of cash. But it is extremely risky to do so because it can be seized by any number of law enforcement agencies and will leave you with little to no recourse on getting it back. Somehow, law enforcement seems to be aware of when a large cash withdraw was made recently. The only time I was ever asked during a traffic stop, "are you carrying with you a large amount of cash" was about a week after I withdrew $12k from my bank account (and signed a buttload of forms for the privilege).