Patent ID: 8001006

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage-medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to display a graphical user interface to a user, the graphical user interface comprising: user-adjustable icons configured to receive and display inputs from the user, wherein a given user-adjustable icon represents an aggregate value corresponding to one or more parameters in an income-tax return for the user; a qualitative-tax-estimator icon that graphically displays summary information for the income-tax return for the user associated with the user inputs; a quantitative-tax-estimator window that displays a numerical value for the summary information; and an outcome icon, wherein, when the user activates the outcome icon, the graphical user interface: reconfigures the qualitative-tax-estimator icon and the quantitative-tax-estimator window to receive income-tax target information, receives income-tax target information from the user when the user adjusts the qualitative-tax-estimator icon or provides another numerical value in the quantitative-tax-estimator window, determines aggregate values for the user-adjustable icons based on the income-tax target information, and reconfigures the user-adjustable icons to display the aggregate values.