Systems and methods for providing an indication of local sales tax rates to a user
US11055790B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/12
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sales tax analysis computing device is configured to: (i) build a database table of locality sales tax data, the database table comprising a plurality of sales tax rates, each sales tax rate of the plurality of sales tax rates associated with a particular locality; (ii) receive at least one of a) transaction data and b) a request from a mobile communications device of a user for locality sales tax data; (iii) determine a first locality associated with at least one of a) the transaction data and b) the mobile communications device; (iv) determine, based on the database table, a first sales tax rate associated with the first locality; (v) identify, based on the database table, at least one sales tax rate that is less than the first sales tax rate; (vi) generate a code snippet that includes the identified at least one sales tax rate; and (vii) provide the code snippet to the mobile communications device.
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