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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTUIT INC., Mountian View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/123 (2013.12);
Abstract
The methods described herein are suitable for use in explaining changes in the net federal tax between a current year and a preceding year (e.g., year-over-year changes). Thus, the methods have suitability for comparing taxes due amounts between different tax years as well as refund amounts between different tax years. The computing device presents to a user of the tax preparation software a multi-level data presentation of the reasons contributing to the differences in tax liability between a current year and a preceding year. In one aspect, the reasons may be expanded or collapsed to sure more or less detail depending on user preference.