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[–] Ramon710 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

It's not just the IRS, my understanding is that the Corporation of the United States itself was incorporated in Puerto Rico in 1864 when PR was part of the Spanish Empire. That's the reason why after the Spanish American war in 1898 Puerto Rico stayed as a territory of the US and other Spanish colonies like Cuba and the Philippines were given independence by the US