Method and apparatus for automatic tax verification
First Claim
1. A printer for tax labels, comprising:
- a printhead movably positionable with respect to a print media; and
a controller coupled to the printhead to cause the printhead to print a number of machine-readable symbols each encoding a unique identifier on the print media associatable with tax information.
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Abstract
A method for tracking tax payment information includes fixing a unique machine readable identifier to each of a number of taxable items, storing each of the unique machine readable identifiers in a computer readable memory, and storing tax payment information in the computer readable memory for each of the items. The unique machine readable identifier may take the form of a machine readable symbol such as a barcode symbol or as a wireless memory device such as a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag. The tax information may include data such as the tax payment status, tax payment authority, a tax payment sum, a tax payment date, identify of a manufacturer, identify of a product or product type, and the identify of a product origin. Tax payment information may include tax payment information from multiple taxing authorities. The method may further include reading the unique machine readable identifier and retrieving the tax payment information based on the identifier to verify that the appropriate taxes have been paid. The computer readable memory may be a centralized database, may be located in a reading device being used to verify compliance, or be located in the RFID tag secured to the taxed good.
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27 Claims
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1. A printer for tax labels, comprising:
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a printhead movably positionable with respect to a print media; and
a controller coupled to the printhead to cause the printhead to print a number of machine-readable symbols each encoding a unique identifier on the print media associatable with tax information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A device to track tax data, comprising
a reader selectively operable to read a unique identifier from an item; -
a user input device selectively operable to input tax information regarding the item; and
a communications link coupled to the reader and the user input device to transmit the unique identifier and tax information from the device. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tax verification device, comprising:
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a reader selectively operable to read a unique identifier from an item; and
a bi-directional communications link selectively operable to transmit the read unique identifier from the device and to receive tax information based on the read unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. A machine readable structure, comprising:
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a data structure storing tax information concerning a taxable item; and
means for associating the machine readable structure with the taxable item.
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22. A computer-readable memory, comprising:
a data structure having a number of records, each of the records identifiable by an identifier corresponding to a taxable item and storing a tax payment condition corresponding to a tax payment status of the taxable item. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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