Question

What was the purpose of the 16th Amendment?

Answer 1

Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.

Answer 2

The 16th Amendment gives Congress the power to collect taxes from incomes. Congress uses these taxes to build roads, manage construction, maintain public resources such as libraries, and keep an army.