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This amendment, ratified in 1913 gave Congress authority to enact an income tax and eventually led to the creation of the the "Bureau of Internal Revenue".
What is the 16th Amendment. (That same year, the first Form 1040 appeared after Congress levied a 1 percent tax on net personal incomes above $3,000 with a 6 percent surtax on incomes of more than $500,000.)