Yes, but if you mail cash, either the Post Office or the workers at the IRS office will steal it, and your taxes won't be paid. Virtually all bills you receive will advise against sending cash payment. (Surely, this is true elsewhere, too.) The IRS only maintains a handful of offices that accept returns (and payments). I am not driving to Cinncinnati to HAND them cash. (some years, they want me to mail it to Kansas City, which is a good bit further). Despite the "legal tender" merchants are free to refuse either overly large bills (due to counterfeiting, many refuse to accept $100 bills, especially for small purchases), mountains of pennies, or other inconvenient forms of payment.
--- On Wed, 10/19/11, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51261] RE: COINS Act H.R.2977 <Off topic> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 6:23 AM Doesn’t the US dollar bill contain the words to the effect of “This note is legal for all debts public and private”. J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 19 October 2011 11:09 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:51260] RE: COINS Act H.R.2977 <Off topic> Nope, no rubles. American dollars, coin or bill are fine; no Canadian dollars either. The GAO report, which I encouraged everyone to read for themselves, cites a survey in which 3/4 of Americans surveyed prefer the bill to the coin for the $1 currency unit. (To be honest, you have to pay the IRS by check, money order, wire transfer, electronically, etc; they accept neither bills nor coins.) Our currency system is denominated in dollars to two decimals regardless of what tokens of currency are used to pay the bill. The coin/bill argument can not be rationally compared to metrication. It is more analogous to whether you should measure with a metal, plastic, or wooden meter stick. --- On Wed, 10/19/11, John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51258] RE: COINS Act H.R.2977 <Off topic> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 2:20 AM "Just forcing people to use what the government chooses to make was a characteristic of the central planners in the USSR . It tends to make the rabble rise up with pitchforks." I don't pay taxes in the US , but if I did, it is gratifying that the US government will accept payment in rubles.
