Populating tax data using an employer identification number

US8719120B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Intuit Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard E. McVickar · San Diego, US
• Azhar M. Zuberi · San Diego, US
• Christopher Dye · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2012
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/123
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for populating tax forms, including: aggregating a set of employer identification numbers (EINs) in a repository; receiving, from a tax preparation application, a first request for tax data of a first user, where the first request includes a first name of a first employer; matching, by a computer processor, the first name of the first employer to a first EIN of the set of EINs, where the first EIN corresponds to a first government agency; identifying a first payroll provider of the first employer based on the first EIN; importing, by the computer processor, the tax data from the first payroll provider; and populating a first tax form of the first user with the tax data and the first EIN.