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Electronic bill presentment system with automated tax and fee adjustment

  • US 20020178117A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2002
  • Published: 11/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic bill presentment and payment system for presenting a product sales invoice of a vendor to a customer, the system comprising:

  • a) a billing database comprising means for storing an invoice file, said invoice file comprising a first product price line value, said product line value representing an amount payable by the customer for a taxable product provided by the vendor and said invoice file further comprising a tax line value representing an tax amount payable by the customer as a tax on said taxable product;

    b) an application server for;

    i) receiving from said customer a request to adjust the line value;

    ii) Providing, in response to said line value, instructions to replace the line value with an adjusted line value;

    iii) calculating, for each adjusted line value, an adjusted tax value based on the adjusted line value; and

    iv) providing instructions to replace the tax value with the adjusted tax value.

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