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System and method for tracking charitable deductions

  • US 8,200,553 B1
  • Filed: 05/27/2008
  • Issued: 06/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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