METHODS SYSTEMS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FOR USING A PREDICTIVE MODEL TO DETERMINE TAX TOPICS WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO A TAXPAYER IN PREPARING AN ELECTRONIC TAX RETURN

摘要

Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for using one or more predictive models to predict which tax matters are relevant to a particular taxpayer during preparation of an electronic tax return. A tax return preparation system accesses taxpayer data such as personal data and/or tax data regarding the particular taxpayer. The system executes a predictive model which receives the taxpayer data as inputs to the predictive model. The predictive model generates as output(s) one or more predicted tax matters which are determined to be likely to be relevant to the taxpayer. The system may then determine tax questions to present to the user based at least in part upon the predicted tax matters determined by the predictive model.