sixteenth amendment
constitution
collect income tax
16th amendment
The _______ gave Congress the power to impose an income tax on the American people.
The 16th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution cleared the way for Income Taxes.
You may not understand what your asking, in provision and "tax" are 2 different things. Provision is a purely accounting (GAAP) term. it has nothing to do with IRS tax really. It isn't even part of IRS vernacular really. An Income Tax Provision basically has 2 components; Deferred Tax Provision & Current Tax Provision. (Some ancillary accounting lines may have to do with credits and tax effect of state tax deduction for example). The total income tax provision is the combination of the 2. If current tax provision is higher than deferred tax provision, than the deferred tax provision is a tax benefit. A very common thing that happens when tax accounting requires a provision be recorded for income recorded for GAAP before it is income for tax.
16th
examples: "provide assistance on the Tax Provision Package and FAS 109"; "to complete a US GAAP Tax Provision package".
Best way to understand is through an example: If in 2010 you have a provision for tax of $2,000 payable for accounting. However the actual tax paid was $1,500. You would have an over provision of income tax. So once the tax is paid in 2011 it will Dr Provision Cr Bank. So in 2011 the amount of the over provision must be adjusted by: Dr Provision for tax Cr Income tax expense This will clear out the tax provision for 2011 resulting from the over provision. Same concept applies to under provsions.
Power of the Federal Government
The Sixteenth Amendment
You will need two accounts: Income tax expenses (an expense account, obviously) Provision for income tax (a liability account) You will simply: debit provision for income tax credit income tax expenses When actually paying income tax, you will: debit cash credit provision for income tax