Patent ID: 8417597
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for collecting data to be included in an electronic tax return of a taxpayer that is a user of a tax preparation application, the system comprising: a computer in communication with a server of a tax authority through a first network and in communication with a communication device of the taxpayer through a second network, the computer storing or having access to data related to a first electronic tax return of the taxpayer of a current, first year that was prepared using the tax preparation application for the first year; and a tax data gathering program executable by the computer and configured to send a first message from the computer to the communication device of the taxpayer utilizing the tax preparation application for the first year to prepare the first electronic tax return for the first year, the computer storing or having access to data related to the first electronic tax return, the first message being related to a future, second electronic tax return of the taxpayer for a future, second year, wherein the second electronic tax return has not yet been prepared and is to be prepared by the taxpayer with the tax preparation application for the second year, receive, at the computer and from the communication device of the taxpayer, first data in response to the first message, the first data being related to the second electronic tax return to be prepared, and populate at least a first portion of a first form, page or section of the second electronic tax return based at least in part upon the received first data before the taxpayer begins preparation of the second electronic tax return.