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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Avalara, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Amy E. Morgan, Seattle, WA (US);
Duncan K. Carey, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin James Hess, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Aaron David Wilson, Kenmore, WA (US);
Mark Wilhelm, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Naveen K. Agrawal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark Alan Withers, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
David Kempe, Auburn, WA (US);
Avalara, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system may learn what parameters are required for an item in order to compute tax for the item based on preliminary data regarding the item and/or the transaction. The system may determine a classification code based on such preliminary data and use that classification code to search or query a database storing information indicative of parameters required to compute tax for items having such a classification code. The system may map the received preliminary data into the learned required parameters and determine whether there are any required parameters for which there has not been any preliminary data mapped into them. The system may prompt the customer (e.g., seller of the item) or other user for data values of such missing required parameters or otherwise obtain data values of such parameters in order to compute the tax for the item.