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US 6,697,787 B1Granted
System for collecting tax data
AssigneeSimplification, LLC
InventorDavid S. Miller
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Abstract
An electronic intermediary electronically connects with a tax data provider and collects electronically tax data from the tax data provider. The electronic intermediary processes the tax data collected electronically, and prepares an electronic tax return using the processed tax data.
Claims18
An apparatus for collecting tax data comprising:
- means for connecting electronically an electronic intermediary to a tax data provider;
- means for collecting electronically tax data from said tax data provider;
- means for processing electronically said tax data collected from said tax data provider to obtain processed tax data;
- and
- means for preparing electronically an electronic tax return using said processed tax data.
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A computer-readable medium embodying a computer program for collecting tax data, said computer program comprising code segments for:
- connecting electronically an electronic intermediary to a tax data provider;
- collecting electronically tax data from said tax data provider;
- processing electronically said tax data collected from said tax data provider to obtain processed tax data;
- and
- preparing electronically an electronic tax return using said processed tax data.
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A method for automatic tax data collecting by an electronic intermediary comprising:
- connecting electronically said electronic intermediary to a tax data provider;
- collecting electronically tax data from said tax data provider, wherein said tax data is reported on an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state, local, or foreign tax form;
- processing electronically said tax data collected electronically from said tax data provider to obtain processed tax data;
- and
- preparing electronically an electronic tax return using said processed tax data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.