"Who has claimed companies don't make provisions for paying taxes and report on those provisions?"
You asserted that income taxes were not an expense to a business. I gave you one example which contradicted that unsupported assertion. There are many, many more examples of businesses reporting income taxes as an expense.
There are many, many more examples of businesses reporting income taxes as an expense.The most interesting part would be where you can use that Intel report as an example to show how they can reduce their prices 20+% by eliminating their income tax.