Tax-return assembly, apparatus, and method

• US 20120072320A1
• Filed: 09/22/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William R. Kowalski
• Original Assignee: William R. Kowalski
• Inventors: Kowalski, William
• Application Number:
  US12/924,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20120072320A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/31
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/123 Tax preparation or submission

Abstract

An apparatus, and an associated method for a tax kiosk provides for a tax filer to enter information related to a tax return that is required to be prepared for the tax filer. Both tax-filer information and tax-form information is collected at the kiosk. Once collected, the collected information is sent to a remote location at which the tax return is prepared.

Claims

1. A assembly for facilitating tax-filer tax return preparation of a tax return at a tax return kiosk, said kiosk assembly comprising:

a tax-filer information collector configured to provide for tax-filer entry at the tax return kiosk of the tax-filer information;

a tax-form-information collector configured to provide for tax-filer entry at the tax-return kiosk of tax-form information; and

a transmitter embodied at the tax return kiosk configured to transmit the tax-filer information entered at said tax-filer-information collector and the tax-form information entered at said tax-form-information collector, for remote preparation of the tax return.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said tax-filer information collector further comprises a user interface.

3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said user interface comprises a user keyboard.

4. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said user interface comprises a display screen.

5. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said user interface further comprises a card reader.

6. The assembly of claim 2 wherein the tax filer information further comprises tax-filer payment information.

7. The assembly of claim 2 wherein the tax filer information further comprises tax filer identification information.

8. The assembly of claim 1 where said tax-form-information collector further comprises a user interface.

9. The assembly of claim 8 wherein said user interface comprises a user keyboard.

10. The assembly of claim 8 wherein said user interface comprises a display screen.

11. The assembly of claim 8 where user interface comprises a scanner configured to scan tax-filer-provided sheets to form electronic representation thereof.

12. The assembly of claim 8 wherein the tax-filer-provided sheets comprise tax reporting compliance forms.

13. A processing station for facilitating tax-filer, tax return preparation of a tax return, said processing station comprising:

a receiver configured to receive kiosk-located, tax-filer-entered, tax-filer information and kiosk-located, tax-filer-entered, tax-return-information; and

a tax-return preparer configured to prepare the tax return utilizing the tax-filer information and the tax-return information received by said receiver.

14. The processing station of claim 13 where said receiver comprises an internet-connected receiver configured to receive the kiosk-located, tax-filer-entered information.

15. The processing station of claim 13 wherein the tax-return preparer is further configured to file the tax return, once prepared, with a taxing-authority.

16. A method for facilitating tax-filer, tax return preparation of a tax return, said method comprising:

collecting tax-filer-entered, tax-filer information at a tax-return kiosk;

collecting at the tax return kiosk tax-filer-entered, tax-form information; and

transmitting, from the tax-return kiosk, the tax-filer information and the tax-form information for remote preparation of the tax return.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising preparing the tax return at the remote location.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising filing the tax return with a tax authority.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising retaining a copy of the tax return.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising providing a copy of the tax return to a tax filer.