SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATED TAX PREPARATION KIOSK

摘要

A system for receiving tax information at a kiosk for efficient processing of tax preparation services by centralized and distributed tax preparation resources, comprising a local processing server that receives interaction from a plurality of user devices, transmits information to a remote or distributed processing center via a network, and provides local processing in the event of the centralized processing center or to handle overflow. The kiosk further configured to receive requests from other network-connected system to process tax documents locally.

主权项

1. A remotely-deployable system for capturing tax information, comprising:
a network-connected central processing server computer comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor and configured to accept and process tax information comprising: a user device; a scan server; a local transcription manager; wherein a plurality of tax documents are captured by the user device; wherein the scan server transmits the plurality of tax documents to a centralized processing center for processing; wherein upon an overload of the centralized processing center, the scan server redirects the plurality of tax documents to the local transcription manager for processing; wherein upon a network connection failure the scan server redirects the plurality of tax documents to the local transcription manager for processing.