Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he’d made over the three previous years combined. It turned out that the job was for the Internal Revenue Service -- the most hated and feared organization in the federal government.

So Yancey became the man who got in his car, drove to your house, knocked on your door, and made you pay. Never mind that his car was littered with candy wrappers, his palms were sweaty, and he couldn’t remember where he stashed his own tax records. He was there on the authority of the United States government.

With "a rich mix of humor, horror, and angst [and] better than most novels on the bestseller lists" (Boston Sunday Globe), Confessions of a Tax Collector contains an astonishing cast of too-strange-for-fiction characters. But the most intriguing character of all is Yancey himself who -- in detailing how the job changed him and how he managed to pull himself back from the brink of moral, ethical, and spiritual bankruptcy -- reveals what really lies beneath those dark suits and mirrored sunglasses.

PRAISE

“Confessions of a Tax Collector is not just a superb memoir about working for 12 years inside IRS offices. It is a superb memoir, period.” The Christian Science Monitor

“Humor, pathos and insights into the human condition on almost every page.” The Houston Chronicle

“Funny . . . frightening.” Bookpage

“Excellent . . . eye-opening.” Booklist

“Very funny.” USA Today

“A rich mix of humor, horror, and angst that's better than most novels you'll find on the bestseller lists.” The Boston Globe

“One of the five best books on taxes ever written.” The Wall Street Journal

“Thrilling. . . . Equal parts love story, business tale, high-speed chase, and self-evolution, Yancey's Confessions of a Tax Collector packs plenty of human drama--all of it experienced and survived by one man.” Amazon