Patent ID: 8719120
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for populating tax forms, comprising: accessing a repository comprising a plurality of employer records, wherein the plurality of employer records comprises a plurality of employer names and a plurality of employer identification numbers (EINs); receiving, from a tax preparation application, a first request for a first EIN for a first employer and for a plurality of tax data of a first user, wherein the first request comprises an employer name of the first employer and excludes the first EIN; matching, by a computer processor, the employer name to a first employer record of the plurality of employer records; identifying the first EIN for the first employer and a first payroll provider of the first employer from the first employer record, wherein the first EIN corresponds to a first government agency, and wherein the first EIN is unknown to the tax preparation application prior to matching the employer name to the first employer record; accessing the first payroll provider identified from the first employer record; importing, by the computer processor, the plurality of tax data from the first payroll provider using the first EIN; populating a first tax form of the first user with the plurality of tax data and the first EIN; receiving a second tax form of the first user comprising the employer name; identifying a second EIN of the first employer on the second tax form of the first user, wherein the second EIN corresponds to a second government agency; and linking the second EIN with the first EIN in the repository.