Patent ID: 11861667
Assignee: AVALARA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for a server system, the method including at least:
causing a seller client computer distinct from the server system to present to a seller an option, via a specialized graphical user interface (GUI), of selecting between a first risk tolerance value and a second risk tolerance value that is distinct from the first risk tolerance value, by at least generating the specialized GUI including a graphical depiction of the option between the first risk tolerance value and the second risk tolerance value as one or more selectable specialized GUI elements;
inputting from the seller client computer, in response to an electronic selection made via the one or more selectable specialized GUI elements the presented option, a selection input indicating a selection by the seller of one of the first risk tolerance value and the second risk tolerance value;
storing seller data about the seller, the seller data including the selection input and item data about an item that the seller offers for sale from a seller jurisdiction;
inputting order data about a prospective sale of the item by the seller to a buyer in a buyer jurisdiction distinct from the seller jurisdiction;
generating, from the order data, one or more classification code queries for classifying the item for the prospective sale;
inputting, responsive to the one or more classification code queries, a plurality of classification code candidates that are potentially applicable for classifying the item for the prospective sale;
retrieving a plurality of possible tax due amounts for respective ones of the classification code candidates;
extracting an estimated tax due amount as a statistic of the retrieved possible tax due amounts, the estimated tax due amount having a first value responsive to the selection input indicating a selection of the first risk tolerance value, and a second value different from the first value responsive to the selection input indicating a selection of the second risk tolerance value; and
causing the estimated tax due amount to be communicated to the seller client computer.