Patent ID: 7295998
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for managing tax audit (TA) information for a business entity using a server system coupled to a centralized database and a plurality of computer systems, said method comprising: associating at least one computer with at least one auditor, the auditor is associated with a taxing jurisdiction and facilitates determining whether a correct amount of use tax has been paid by the business entity to the associated taxing jurisdiction; associating at least one computer with the business entity; receiving at the server system TA information from a user using the business entity computer, the TA information including data relating to a plurality of business transactions entered into by the business entity wherein each transaction is potentially subject to a use tax; storing TA information received at the server system in the centralized database; tracking TA information stored in the centralized database; updating the centralized database periodically with newly received TA information to maintain TA information; providing the auditor with access to specific TA information stored in the database by a user associated with the business entity; prompting the auditor to submit an inquiry to the server system from the auditor computer for TA information relating to a selected business transaction that the auditor has been granted access to; displaying TA information for the selected business transaction including at least one document representing the business transaction on the auditor computer; and determining by the auditor based on a review of the displayed TA information whether the business entity has paid a correct amount of use tax to the taxing jurisdiction associated with the auditor for the selected business transaction.