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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2008
N. Frank Swierz, Iii, Saline, MI (US);
Brian D. Vroom, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jonathan A. Baron, Dexter, MI (US);
N. Frank Swierz, III, Saline, MI (US);
Brian D. Vroom, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jonathan A. Baron, Dexter, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an accounting software application and related system and method for generating and presenting unfileable tax documents to clients for review and upon approval and payment converting the unfileable tax document into a final, fileable document for filing with a tax entity by either the service provider or the client. Watermarks, obscuring text, and other techniques may be employed to render draft tax documents unfileable so as to promote payment of services when presenting work product, such as tax returns, electronically to clients and confirming payment by the client prior to presenting or making accessible a fileable version of the document.