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Point of sale tax reporting and automatic collection system with tax register

  • US 5,875,433 A
  • Filed: 10/07/1996
  • Issued: 02/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A point of sale tax reporting system in an environment where a consumer purchases goods over a digital data network, the point of sale tax reporting system comprising:

  • at least one tax register located at a retailer location, said at least one tax register for processing consumer sales transaction data at the retailer location and computing use tax data to be paid to an appropriate state agency based upon the location of a consumer or where the purchased goods are to be shipped, said at least one tax register forwarding said transaction data and use tax data to the state agency;

    a digital data network provided so as to connect the retailer location to a consumer location where the consumer is positioned, said digital data network for allowing the consumer to purchase goods from a retailer via said digital data network;

    a first computer and corresponding first memory disposed at the state agency, the first computer and memory for receiving and storing the forwarded use tax data; and

    a first communication link connecting the tax register at the retailer location to the first computer and memory at the state agency, said first communication link for permitting the tax register to forward the use tax data to said first computer and memory whereby the tax data from the retailer is automatically forwarded to the state agency and stored in the first memory in order to help enforce tax laws and prevent consumers from avoiding the payment of use tax.

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