Systems and methods for analyzing and generating explanations for changes in tax return results
US10387970B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/123
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for performing a comparison of tax results based on different sets of tax data, and generating an explanation as to why the tax results differ or do not differ due to the differences in the tax data. The system includes a computing device, a data store in communication with the computing device and a tax preparation software application executable by the computing device. The tax preparation software application has a tax calculation engine, a tax calculation graph, and a change analysis engine. The tax calculation engine is configured to perform a plurality of tax calculation operations based on the tax calculation graph. The change analysis engine is configured to determine whether tax results based on different tax data differ or do not differ. The system may also generate explanation(s) of the reasons that the tax results differ or do not differ due to the different tax data.
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