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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2020
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
David A. Hanekamp, Jr., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Kevin M. McCluskey, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Ion Niciu-Chiuaru, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul A. Parks, Alpine, CA (US);
Ganesh Bhat, San Diego, CA (US);
Gang Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Computer-implemented method, tax return preparation systems and computer program products for presenting an explanation for a tax calculation or operation performed by a tax return preparation system when the system is in 'forms' mode. An electronic version of a tax authority form that has been modified by inclusion of interface elements is displayed to a user. In response to the user selecting an interface element while in forms mode, presentation of an explanation regarding a tax calculation or operation for the associated field is invoked. The user interface controller provides data in response to selection of the interface element to an explanation engine, which determines an explanation based at least in part upon the tax calculation graph. The explanation is provided to the user interface controller for presentation to the user.