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TAMPA -- When was the last time you were happy to hear from the IRS?

That was exactly the point one IRS employee was trying to make when he opened his presentation at the NCUA Economic Empowerment Summit hosted by NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland.

"I'm Mike Wade from the IRS and I'm here to help."

After the inevitable burst of laughter subsided, Wade said he always starts his talks in this fashion to demonstrate that the American public won't accept that the IRS is out to help anyone, which proves the need for the tax collecting agency to partner wi