System and method for tracking charitable deductions
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for tracking a charitable donation, comprising:
- storing, in a memory, data indicative of a plurality of donations and a tax deductible valuation associated with each of the plurality of donations for a current tax year and a previous tax year;
prompting a user to select a donation of the plurality of donations that has been charitably donated;
generating, using a computer processor, a prompt to the user requesting a tax year in which the donation was donated and a condition of the donation, wherein the condition indicates a physical appearance of the donation on a day the donation was donated; and
the donation is a physical itemprompting the user using the prompt to indicate a tax year in which the donation was donated and the condition of the donation;
retrieving, from the memory, the tax deductible valuation associated with the donation for the tax year indicated based on the condition, the tax year, and the donation; and
storing the donation, the tax year indicated, and the tax deductible valuation in the memory.
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Abstract
A system and method for recording and tracking charitable donations over a period of one or more years, and for determining the tax consequence associated with such donations based upon taxing authority guidelines applicable to the time period in which such donations were made. Additionally, a method implemented by software for tracking charitable donations over a period of years whereby a user is prompted to select a donation and a year in which the donation was made for a memory. The software retrieves a tax deduction valuation associated with that donation and stores the donation and value in the memory in association with each other. Another aspect is directed to a system for determining the tax deduction value of charitable donations whereby a partner server electronically captures sales data of items and sends the sales data to a system server that stores such data in memory.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for tracking a charitable donation, comprising:
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storing, in a memory, data indicative of a plurality of donations and a tax deductible valuation associated with each of the plurality of donations for a current tax year and a previous tax year; prompting a user to select a donation of the plurality of donations that has been charitably donated; generating, using a computer processor, a prompt to the user requesting a tax year in which the donation was donated and a condition of the donation, wherein the condition indicates a physical appearance of the donation on a day the donation was donated; and
the donation is a physical itemprompting the user using the prompt to indicate a tax year in which the donation was donated and the condition of the donation; retrieving, from the memory, the tax deductible valuation associated with the donation for the tax year indicated based on the condition, the tax year, and the donation; and storing the donation, the tax year indicated, and the tax deductible valuation in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer implemented method for tracking a charitable donation, comprising:
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storing, in a memory, a first set of data indicative of a plurality of donations and a tax deductible value associated with the plurality of donations for a previous tax year; generating, using a computer processor, a prompt to the user requesting a donation that has been charitably donated in a current tax and a condition of the donation, wherein the condition indicates a physical appearance of the donation on a day the donation was donated; and
the donation is a physical itemprompting a user using the prompt to select a donation that has been charitably donated in a current tax year and the condition of the donation to obtain a selected donation; storing the selected donation, the condition, and the current tax year in the memory; and updating the memory with a second set of data indicative of a second plurality of donations and a second tax deductible value associated with the second plurality of donations for the current tax year, wherein the updating comprises; retrieving from the memory the selected donation, wherein the selected donation was donated in the current year; applying, by using the condition, the current tax year, and the selected donation a current year tax deductible value to the selected donation; and storing the current year tax deductible value, the selected donation, and the current year in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for tracking a charitable donation, comprising:
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a processor; a memory; and a donations application executing on the processor and configured to; store, in the memory, a data indicative of a plurality of donations and a tax deductible valuation associated with each of the plurality of donations for a current tax year and a previous tax year; prompt a user to select a donation of the plurality of donations that has been charitably donated; prompt the user to indicate a tax year in which the donation was donated and a condition of the donation, wherein the condition indicates a physical appearance of the donation on a day the donation was donated; and
the donation is a physical itemretrieve, from the memory, the tax deductible valuation associated with the donation for the tax year indicated based on the condition, the tax year, and the donation; and store the donation, the tax year indicated, and the tax deductible valuation in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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