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{{Short description|Franco-Belgian comics series}} {{Infobox comic book title  |title = I.R.$. |image = IRS-comic-vol1.jpg |imagesize = 175 |caption = The first book in the series, ''Taxing Trails'' featuring the main character |schedule = |format = |limited = |ongoing = Yes |genre = Graphic novel for young adults |publisher = Le Lombard (French) Cinebook (English) |date = |startmo = |startyr = |endmo = |endyr = |issues = 14 (in French) 4 (in English) |main_char_team = |creators = |writers = Desberg |artists = Vrancken |editors = |subcat = |altcat = |sort = Irs |addpubcat# = |nonUS = Yes }}

'''IR$''' is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Bernard Vrancken and published by Le Lombard in French and Cinebook in English.

==Story==

Larry B. Max is one of the few specialists in a special department of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an American tax collection agency. Reading the circuits of escape and laundering of money like no other person, Larry has all the computer resources necessary to demonstrate the links between the very rich and organized crime. One of the most difficult cases he's come up to deals with a wealthy American Jew known for his involvement in the recovery of property confiscated by Nazis. Examining accounts of this billionaire, Larry begins a dangerous ascent to the mysterious origins of his own large fortune...<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinebook.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3984|title=1 - Taxing Trails|work=cinebook.co.uk|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>

==Albums==

#''La voie fiscale'' 04/1999 #''La stratégie Hagen'' 04/2000 #''Blue ice'' 05/2001 #''Narcocratie'' 05/2002 #''Silicia Inc.'' 05/2003 #''Le corrupteur'' 04/2004 #''Corporate America'' 05/2005 #''La guerre noire'' 05/2006 #''Liaisons romaines'' 05/2007 #''La loge des assassins'' 05/2008 #''Le chemin de Gloria'' 06/2009 #''Au Nom du Président'' 06/2010 #''L'or de Yamashita'' #''Les Survivants de Nankin''

==Translations==

Since April 2008, Cinebook has been publishing I.R$. in English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=167|title=IR$|work=cinebook.co.uk|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref> Four albums have been released so far:

#''Taxing Trails'' (includes ''The Hagen Strategy''), April 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-905460-51-9}} #''Blue Ice'' (includes ''Narcocracy''), January 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-905460-74-8}} #''Silicia Inc.'', January 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-84918-013-9}} #''The Corrupter'', April 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-84918-030-6}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irs}} Category:Lombard Editions titles Category:Belgian comic strips Category:Bandes dessinées Category:Action comics Category:Drama comics Category:Belgian graphic novels Category:Fictional businesspeople Category:Thriller comics Category:1999 comics debuts Category:Internal Revenue Service