System, method and article of manufacture for providing tax services in a network-based tax architecture

A computer-implemented method for providing network-based tax services, comprising:

• receiving a digital request from a tax practitioner system, the request including a tax practitioner identifier associated with a tax practitioner;
• providing information to the tax practitioner system in response to the request;
• receiving a selection of one of a plurality of clients from the tax practitioner system;
• verifying whether the tax practitioner is authorized to file tax-related forms for the selected client based on the tax practitioner identifier and a client identifier, the client identifier reflecting a registration number associated with the selected client;
• providing at least one partially-completed form associated with the selected client to the tax practitioner system upon the verification, said at least one form containing a plurality of fields, wherein:
• at least one field is filled with client data, the client data associated with the identity of the selected client, and
• at least one field is empty;
• receiving form data from the tax practitioner system, the form data configured to fill at least one of the empty fields in the at least one form;
• completing the at least one form upon receipt of additional information;
• calculating a tax amount for the at least one completed form based on the received data and business rules;
• providing the tax amount to the tax practitioner system;
• and
• providing the at least one completed form to a third party government entity system in a format compatible with the business rules.

A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for providing network-based tax services, comprising:

• a code segment for receiving a digital request from a tax practitioner system, the request including a tax practitioner identifier associated with a tax practitioner;
• a code segment for providing information to the tax practitioner system in response to the request;
• a code segment for receiving a selection of one of a plurality of clients from the tax practitioner system;
• a code segment for verifying whether the tax practitioner is authorized to file tax-related forms for the selected client based on the tax practitioner identifier and a client identifier, the client identifier reflecting a registration number associated with the selected client;
• a code segment for providing at least one partially-completed form associated with the selected client to the tax practitioner system upon the verification, said at least one form containing a plurality of fields, wherein:
• at least one field is filled with client data, the client data associated with the identity of the selected client, and
• at least one field is empty;
• a code segment for receiving form data from the tax practitioner system, the form data configured to fill at least one of the empty fields in the at least one form;
• a code segment for completing the at least one form upon receipt of additional information;
• a code segment for calculating a tax amount for the at least one completed form based on the received data and business rules;
• a code segment for providing the tax amount to the tax practitioner system;
• and
• a code segment for providing the at least one completed form to a third party government entity system in a format compatible with the business rules.

A system for providing network-based tax services, comprising:

• logic that receives a digital request from a tax practitioner system, the request including a tax practitioner Identifier associated with a tax practitioner;
• logic that provides information to the tax practitioner system in response to the request;
• logic that receives a selection of one of a plurality of clients from the tax practitioner system;
• logic that verifies whether the tax practitioner is authorized to file tax-related forms for the selected client based on the tax practitioner identifier and a client identifier, the client identifier reflecting a registration number associated with the selected client;
• logic that provides at least one partially-completed form associated with the selected client to the tax practitioner system upon the verification, said at least one form containing a plurality of fields, wherein:
• at least one field is filled with client data, the client data associated with the identity of the selected client, and
• at least one field is empty;
• logic that receives form data from the tax practitioner system, the form data configured to fill at least one of the empty fields in the at least one form;
• logic that completes the at least one form upon receipt of additional information;
• logic that calculates a tax amount for the at least one completed form based on the received data and business rules;
• logic that provides the tax amount to the tax practitioner system;
• and
• logic that provides the at least one completed form to a third party government entity system in a format compatible with the business rules.