Methods systems and computer program products for identifying suspect data of an electronic tax return

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium having instructions which, when executed by a computer system, cause one or more processors of the computer system to execute a process for identifying suspect data of an electronic tax return, the process comprising:

• preparing the electronic tax return with the tax preparation program;
• selecting tax return statistics based at least in part upon first tax data entered into the electronic tax return;
• determining whether second tax data satisfies pre-determined criteria with respect to the selected tax return statistics;
• and
• alerting a preparer of the electronic tax return during preparation of the electronic tax return when the second tax data does not satisfy the pre-determined criteria.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions which, when executed by a computer system, cause one or more processors of the computer system to execute a process for identifying suspect data within an electronic financial document of a corporate or business entity, the process comprising

• receiving first financial data and second financial data and preparing the electronic financial document with a preparation program, a first field of the electronic financial document being populated with the first financial data, a second field of the electronic financial document being populated with the second financial data;
• selecting statistical data based at least in part upon the first financial data;
• and
• determining whether the second financial data is suspect data based at least in part upon whether the second financial data satisfies pre-determined criteria relative to the selected statistical data.

A system for identifying suspect data of an electronic tax return, comprising:

• a tax preparation program executing on a computer and being operable to prepare the electronic tax return;
• and
• a database comprising statistical data, the tax preparation program being programmed or operable to access the database to retrieve or access statistical data,
• the tax preparation program being programmed or operable to receive first tax data and second tax data and prepare the electronic tax return, a first field of the electronic tax return being populated with the first tax data, a second field of the electronic tax return being populated with the second tax data;
• select statistical data based at least in part upon the first tax data;
• and determine whether the second tax data is suspect data based at least in part whether the second tax data satisfies pre-determined criteria relative to the selected statistical data.

A system for identifying suspect data of an electronic tax return, comprising:

• a tax preparation program executing on a computer and being operable to prepare the electronic tax return;
• and
• a database comprising statistical data, the tax preparation program being programmed or operable to access the database to retrieve or access statistical data,
• the tax preparation program being programmed or operable to prepare the electronic tax return, select tax return statistics based at least in part upon first tax data entered into the electronic tax return;
• determine whether second tax data satisfies pre-determined criteria with respect to the selected tax return statistics;
• and alert a preparer of the electronic tax return during preparation of the electronic tax return when the second tax data does not satisfy the pre-determined criteria.

A system for identifying suspect data of an electronic financial document of a corporate or business entity, comprising:

• a preparation program executing on a computer and being operable to prepare the electronic financial document;
• and
• a database comprising statistical data, the preparation program being programmed or operable to access the database to retrieve or access statistical data,
• the preparation program being programmed or operable to receive first financial data and second financial data and preparing the electronic financial document with the preparation program, a first field of the electronic financial document being populated with the first financial data, a second field of the electronic financial document being populated with the second financial data;
• select statistical data based at least in part upon the first financial data;
• and determine whether the second financial data is suspect data based at least in part upon whether the second financial data satisfies pre-determined criteria relative to the selected statistical data.