Patent ID: 8032454
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying a value of goods on a supplier invoice, said method comprising: compiling a daily input of supplier invoice data into a weekly statistical sample of supplier invoices in a data processing system, wherein said statistical sample comprises a sampling size greater than a sampling size used in United States Customs Service audits, and wherein said sampling size equals exactly a total number of all supplier invoices compiled in said data processing system; inputting a first value of imported goods in said data processing system, said inputting of said first value comprising inputting a value claimed on an import declaration; inputting a second value of imported goods in said data processing system, said inputting of said second value comprising inputting a value claimed on a payment invoice; selectively comparing said first value with said second value; performing a logic step, wherein said logic step comprises one of: repeating said method for subsequent supplier invoices.