Patent ID: 8019664
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for completing a tax return by a user, comprising: generating, using a hardware processor, a plurality of panels associated with a plurality of financial events reported by the tax return; extracting, using the hardware processor, an alphanumeric key from a previously filed tax return associated with the user and a financial event of the plurality of financial events; searching online, using the alphanumeric key as a search criterion, for a visual data item associated with the user and the financial event; obtaining, using the hardware processor, the visual data item from a webpage; applying, using the hardware processor, the visual data item to a panel of the plurality of panels, wherein the panel is associated with the financial event; displaying, using the hardware processor, the panel to the user after applying the visual data item to the panel, wherein the user inputs a financial value into a component of the panel; capturing, using the hardware processor, the financial value associated with the financial event from the component of the panel; and populating, using the hardware processor, at least a portion of the tax return reporting the financial event based on the financial value.