Patent ID: 8140413
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer readable storage medium including computer code that when executed by a processor performs a method of evaluating a tax return, the method comprising: storing profiles from at least one tax agency, each profile including one or more factors for evaluating tax returns; receiving a plurality of data fields from a tax return from the at least one tax agency; comparing the plurality of data fields from the tax return to at least one stored profile for the at least one tax agency; determining a score for the tax return from the comparing of the plurality of data fields from the tax return to the at least one stored profile; determining whether the tax return falls within a trend; in response to determining the tax return falls within the trend, adjusting the score with a trend score multiplier, and generating an evaluation of the tax return based on the adjusted score; and in response to determining the tax return does not fall within the trend, generating an evaluation of the tax return based on the score without adjusting the score.