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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Avalara, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ellen Wixted, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Andrew Jesse Powell, Seattle, WA (US);

John Paul Catrett, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Brock Rumer, Poulsbo, WA (US);

Ben Fisher Johnson, Seattle, WA (US);

Morgan Coleman, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Salvador Anthony Rodriguez, Sacramento, CA (US);

Tyler Flora, Houston, TX (US);

Jeremy Martinez, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew Louis Bloom, Seattle, WA (US);

Alexander Paul Demyanik, Seattle, WA (US);

Allison M. Grampa, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Avalara, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/123 (2013.12); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01);
Abstract

In response to receiving a request from a querying entity, such as a seller of goods or services, embodiments of a service engine present to a client computing device of the querying entity a set of queries about goods or services sold by the querying entity and other characteristics of the business of the querying entity. The service engine may intelligently determine which queries to present based on responses to preceding queries. The service engine may then compare the entries in response to the queries against stored rules for a one or more of a plurality of tax jurisdictions, the stored rules being about establishing nexus for purposes of remitting transaction tax in the certain tax jurisdiction. The service engine may then determine information regarding potential lack of tax compliance of the querying entity based on the comparison, and notify accordingly.


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