Taxpayer identity determination through external verfication

A computerized method for verifying the authenticity of a user submitting a subject tax return comprising the following steps:

• receiving, by a processing element, taxpayer information associated with the subject tax return;
• analyzing, by the processing element, the tax information to determine an initial taxpayer identity confidence score;
• wherein if the initial taxpayer identity confidence score falls into a high range indicative that the user is genuine, filing the subject tax return,
• wherein if the initial taxpayer identity confidence score falls into a low range indicative that the user is fraudulent, preventing the subject tax return from being filed,
• wherein if the initial taxpayer identify confidence score falls in an intermediate range that is between the high range and the low range, which is indicative that the authenticity of the user is uncertain, providing a further verification of the user and the subject tax return,
• wherein the high range, the low range, and the intermediate range are color-coded on a graphical user-interface for the user,
• said further verification comprising:
• identifying, by the processing element, at least one verifiable data set within the taxpayer information, wherein the at least one verifiable data set comprises information associated with the user;
• accessing, by the processing element, at least one external data store containing information related to the at least one verifiable data set;
• determining, by the processing element, whether information indicative of the at least one verifiable data set is present in the at least one external data store;
• and
• filing the subject tax return upon said determination that the information indicative of the at least one verifiable data set is present in the at least one external data store.

A computerized method for authenticating that a user is genuine in order to file a subject tax return, comprising the following steps:

• receiving a request for verification of at least one verifiable data set,
• wherein said request for verification is an electronic message sent to a third party verification service from a tax preparation system,
• wherein the at least one verifiable data set is derived at least in part from a set of taxpayer information related to the user and the subject tax return,
• wherein the at least one verifiable data set includes information capable of independent verification,
• wherein the at least one verifiable data set comprises information associated with the user;
• analyzing the at least one verifiable data set to determine a first data store that comprises information potentially associated with the at least one verifiable data set;
• accessing said first data store to determine a set of findings based upon whether the at least one verifiable data set substantially matches information within said first data store;
• preparing a report indicative of the set of findings;
• sending the report indicating that the user is genuine to an indicator analysis engine such that the subject tax return can be filed;
• and
• upon verification that the user is genuine, filing the subject tax return with a computing device.