Patent ID: 7603301

Claim:
A method for tax form submittal verification comprising: maintaining an electronically stored profile for a user in a customer database, wherein the profile identifies an expected tax form the user is expected to file, and wherein the customer database is in communication with a tax service server via a network; maintaining an electronic inbox for the user; generating correspondence at the tax service server, wherein the correspondence includes a reminder that the user file a tax form; sending the correspondence to the electronic inbox of the user, and sending the user a separate notification that the electronic inbox includes the correspondence via the network; receiving on the tax service server additional tax-related data from the user, wherein the additional tax-related data is not included in the profile, and wherein the additional tax-related data is required for completing the expected tax form; electronically completing a selected tax form via the tax service server, wherein completing the selected tax form includes automatically filling out the selected tax form based on the profile and the additional tax-related data; filing the completed selected tax form with a government entity, wherein the completed selected tax form is electronically transmitted from the tax service server to the government entity across the network to be a filed tax form; electronically storing a receipt record of the filed tax form in a database in communication with the tax service server substantially immediately upon completed transmittal of the tax form, wherein the receipt record represents an indication that the filed tax form has been submitted and includes information regarding a status of the filed tax form and wherein the receipt record is distinct from the filed tax form; and sending the receipt record of the filed tax form to the electronic inbox of the user.