System and method for sales tax automatic declaration

• US 8,645,215 B1
• Filed: 11/20/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kamfu Wong
• Original Assignee: Kamfu Wong
• Inventors: Wong, Kamfu
• Primary Examiner(s): Frenel, Vanel
• Application Number:
  US13/681,977
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 705/19, 705/31, 705/26.8, 705/27.1, 705/20, 705/21, 707/999, 235/375
• US Class Current: 705/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/207 Tax processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks

Abstract

An automatic sales tax declaration system includes a control center, a point of sale (POS) terminal at a shop, a declaration machine accessible to a customer, and a tax declaration card. The POS terminal and the declaration machine both communicate with the control center via a mobile telecommunication network. When a sale is made, the merchant collects the payment using the POS terminal, which records customer tax information on the tax declaration card and transmits merchant tax information to the control center. Subsequently, the customer uses the tax declaration card and the declaration machine to transmit the customer tax information to the control center. The control center calculates the sales tax based on the customer and merchant tax information. If the control center does not receive merchant tax information corresponding to the customer tax information, it concludes that the merchant may have attempted to conceal sales and evade taxes.

Claims

1. An automatic sales tax declaration system that inhibits a merchant from concealing a trade, comprising:

a tax control center;

a tax declaration point of sale (POS) terminal at a shop, the POS terminal being usable by a merchant to collect a payment;

a tax declaration machine; and

a customer tax declaration card;

wherein the POS terminal is able to digitally communicate with the tax control center via a mobile telecommunication network, the tax declaration machine is able to digitally communicate with the tax control center via the mobile telecommunication network, and,

wherein when a customer makes a purchase in the shop, and the merchant collects a payment from the customer using the POS terminal, the POS terminal is configured to transfer customer tax declaration information to the customer'"'"'s tax declaration card, and to transfer merchant tax declaration information to the tax control center via the mobile telecommunication network, and

wherein if the customer puts the tax declaration card containing the customer tax declaration information onto or into the tax declaration machine, the tax declaration machine will read the customer tax declaration information from the tax declaration card and will transfer it to the tax control center via the mobile telecommunication network, thereby inhibiting the merchant from concealing a trade, and the tax control center will calculate a sales tax applicable to the merchant based on the received customer tax declaration information and the merchant tax declaration information.

2. The automatic sales tax declaration system of claim 1, wherein the tax control center, based on the received customer tax declaration information, will examine the corresponding merchant tax declaration information, and if the corresponding merchant tax declaration information is absent, the tax control center will determines that the merchant may not have transferred the corresponding merchant tax declaration information to the tax control center.

3. The automatic sales tax declaration system of claim 1, wherein the tax declaration card is a receipt printed by the merchant for the customer.

4. The automatic sales tax declaration system of claim 1, wherein the tax declaration card is a non-contact intelligent card that can be used for making payments.

5. The automatic sales tax declaration system of claim 1, wherein the customer tax declaration information recorded on the tax declaration card includes an invoice number, a sum of a payment, a time and date, and a name of a store or a merchant.

6. The automatic sales tax declaration system of claim 5, wherein the customer tax declaration information recorded on the tax declaration card further includes at least one of a serial number of a sold product and a sales price of the sold product.

7. The automatic sales tax declaration system of claim 1, wherein the tax control POS terminal comprises cell phone modules, through which the tax control POS terminal can access the mobile telecommunication network to digitally communicate with the tax control center.

8. A method for automatic sales tax declaration and for inhibiting a merchant from concealing a trade, the method comprising:

establishing a tax control center;

installing a tax declaration machine at a location that is accessible to a customer;

locating a tax control point of sale (POS) terminal at a shop operated by a merchant;

using by the merchant of the POS terminal to receive a payment from the customer for a trade;

transferring by the tax control POS terminal of customer tax declaration information to a customer tax declaration card;

transferring by the tax control POS of merchant tax declaration information to the tax control center by means of a telecommunication network;

providing the customer tax declaration card to the customer;

placing by the customer of the tax declaration card onto or into the tax declaration machine;

obtaining by the tax declaration machine of the customer tax declaration information from the customer tax declaration card;

transferring by the tax declaration machine of the customer tax declaration information to the tax control center using the telecommunication network, thereby inhibiting the merchant from concealing the trade; and

calculating by the tax control center of a sales tax applicable to the merchant according to the customer tax declaration information and the merchant tax declaration information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

attempting by the tax control center to compare the customer tax declaration information with the corresponding merchant tax declaration information; and

if the corresponding merchant tax declaration information is found to be absent, determining that the merchant may not have transferred the corresponding merchant tax declaration information to the tax control center.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the tax declaration card is a receipt that is printed by the merchant and provided to the customer.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the tax declaration card is a non-contact intelligent card that can be used for making a payment.