Patent ID: 7836406

Claim:
A method for displaying a user interface for a tax preparation application comprising: displaying a plurality of categories relevant to the tax preparation application, wherein each of the plurality of categories is associated with a type of tax form, wherein each of the plurality of categories comprise a list of selectable tax forms, and wherein each tax form of the list of selectable tax forms are furnished by a tax authority for filing with the tax authority; receiving a tax form selection from the list of selectable tax forms; generating, automatically and in response to the tax form selection, a tab based on the tax form selection, wherein the tab is generated contemporaneously within a same window of the tax preparation application in use; receiving a tab selection from a plurality of tabs; displaying a page associated with the tab selection, wherein the page and the plurality of tabs are visible on a single screen in the user interface, wherein the page comprises a tax form comprising fillable fields, and wherein the plurality of tabs allow for navigation between the pages associated with the tabs without returning to a central page of the user interface; and obtaining a value to fill the fillable fields corresponding to the tax form selection.