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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2010
Vidya Dinamani, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan Tifford, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard N. Preece, San Diego, CA (US);
David D. Taylor, San Marcos, CA (US);
Vidya Dinamani, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan Tifford, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard N. Preece, San Diego, CA (US);
David D. Taylor, San Marcos, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method, system, and computer readable medium for interpreting discrepancy codes. The invention comprises obtaining, by an intermediary system, tax information associated with a taxpayer, wherein the tax information comprises an expected refund amount; obtaining an issued refund amount associated with the taxpayer; comparing the expected refund amount and the issued refund amount; determining, based on the comparing, a discrepancy amount; obtaining, in response to determining the discrepancy amount, a discrepancy code associated with the issued refund amount; retrieving, from a discrepancy code database, a discrepancy information record using the discrepancy code, wherein the discrepancy information record indicates a source of the discrepancy amount; generating a discrepancy explanation using the discrepancy information record, the discrepancy amount, and the tax information; and sending the generated discrepancy explanation to a client system.