Employment-tax information aggregator
AssigneeIntuit Inc.
InventorsJeff A. Zias, Terry Hicks, Arun Varshney
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Abstract
A system for paying and filing employment tax operates by updating a set of electronic templates such that the electronic templates are compatible with current formats of associated governmental agencies, receiving financial information associated with a user, selecting an electronic template from the set of electronic templates, and merging the financial information with the electronic template to produce a document. This financial information includes employment-tax information that has a format that is compatible with payroll-accounting software, and the electronic template is compatible with a submission format of a governmental agency. Next, the system submits the document to the governmental agency.
Claims20
A method for paying employment tax, comprising:
- updating a set of electronic templates such that the electronic templates are compatible with current formats of associated governmental agencies;
- receiving financial information, wherein the financial information includes employment-tax information, and wherein the employment-tax information has a format that is compatible with payroll-accounting software;
- merging the financial information with an electronic template to produce a document, wherein the electronic template is compatible with a submission format of a governmental agency, and wherein the electronic template is selected from the set of electronic templates;
- and
- submitting the document to the governmental agency.
A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein for configuring the computer system, the computer-program mechanism including:
- instructions for updating a set of electronic templates such that the electronic templates are compatible with current formats of associated governmental agencies;
- instructions for receiving financial information, wherein the financial information includes employment-tax information, and wherein the employment-tax information has a format that is compatible with payroll-accounting software;
- instructions for merging the financial information with an electronic template to produce a document, wherein the electronic template is compatible with a submission format of a governmental agency, and wherein the electronic template is selected from the set of electronic templates;
- and
- instructions for submitting the document to the governmental agency.
A computer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- a program module, wherein the program module is stored in the memory and configurable to be executed by the processor, the program module including:
- instructions for updating a set of electronic templates such that the electronic templates are compatible with current formats of associated governmental agencies;
- instructions for receiving financial information, wherein the financial information includes employment-tax information, and wherein the employment-tax information has a format that is compatible with payroll-accounting software;
- instructions for merging the financial information with an electronic template to produce a document, wherein the electronic template is compatible with a submission format of a governmental agency, and wherein the electronic template is selected from the set of electronic templates;
- and
- instructions for submitting the document to the governmental agency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.