Patent ID: 8838492
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method that automatically populates tax return information into a financial aid application, comprising: requesting, via a computer, a tax return of a first person using a first identifier of the first person wherein said first person is a dependent financial aid applicant; determining, based on a field in the tax return of the first person, that access to the tax return of the first person has been authorized by the first person for the purpose of generating a financial aid application; determining, by the computer, a second identifier of a second person from the retrieved tax return of the first person; requesting, via the computer, a tax return of the second person using the determined second identifier; determining, based on a field in the tax return of the second person, that access to the tax return of the second person has been authorized by the second person for the purpose of generating a financial aid application; determining that the retrieved tax return of the second person indicates that the first person is a dependent of the second person;