Patent ID: 7752094

Claim:
A data processing system for monitoring, analyzing, and reporting tax data, the data processing system comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising: a scorecard database comprising tax performance data; and a metrics processing program operable to generate: evaluated tax key performance indicators based upon the tax performance data; evaluated tax objectives based upon the evaluated key performance indicators; and multiple different tax perspectives based upon the evaluated tax objectives; and wherein the processor is operable to generate a tax scorecard display comprising: a tax scorecard window for each of the tax perspectives, each tax scorecard window comprising a tax perspective status indicator summarizing the tax perspective for that tax scorecard window; at least one of the evaluated tax objectives underlying the tax perspective for that tax scorecard window; and at least one of the evaluated tax key performance indicators underlying the evaluated tax objective which in turn underlies the tax perspective for that tax scorecard window.