TAX DOCUMENT IMAGING AND PROCESSING

摘要

Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for allowing taxpayers to utilize mobile communication or communication devices such as smartphones and tablet devices to upload tax document images and process tax document images such that resulting recognized tax data is incorporated into an electronic tax return. Authentication data is generated and provided to the taxpayer to establishing a connection with an image processor, which provides recognized tax data to the on-line tax preparation application for incorporation into the electronic tax return. Authentication data may be embodied within a URL address to the image processor that is transmitted as a SMS message to the mobile communication or computing device or encoded within a QR code such that the mobile communication or computing device can be used to take an image of and decode the QR code to determine the URL address and authentication data to establish a connection with the image processor.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for processing an image of a tax document, the method comprising:
a first computer comprising an on-line tax preparation application receiving a request from a first computing apparatus utilized by a taxpayer to access the on-line tax preparation application to enter data into the electronic tax return by acquiring an image a tax document; the first computer providing authentication data to the taxpayer in response to the request, the authentication data being used by a second computing apparatus different than the first computing apparatus to acquire the image and transmit the image to an intermediate, second computer in communication with the first computer and the second computing apparatus; and the first computer receiving data comprising a result of image processing performed by the second computer.