Penalty and interest assessment detail display

• US 9,576,324 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Balkan, Colleen, Finley, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Obaid, Fateh M
• Application Number:
  US13/753,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20130226748A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,483 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for displaying tax penalty and interest assessment calculation details on demand, in real time. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request for a penalty and interest assessment value and determining if the request includes a request for calculation details. When the request includes a request for calculation details, the penalty and interest assessment value is calculated using data received with the request. One or more calculation details are populated based on the calculation of the penalty and interest assessment. The method includes displaying the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer including a processor cause the computer to generate assessment values, the instructions comprising instructions for:

calculating, by the processor, a penalty and interest assessment value based, at least in part, on one or more debt categories;

storing, by the processor, the penalty and interest assessment value in a data store;

receiving, by the processor, a request for the penalty and interest assessment value and a calculation action parameter value, where the calculation action parameter value can be set to i) a standard forecast value or ii) a calculation details value;

wherein the computer comprises a plug-in that receives the calculation action parameter value as an input selection parameter;

determining, by the processor, the calculation action parameter value from the request and

if the calculation action parameter value is determined by the processor to be set to the standard forecast value, the instructions cause the processor to;

retrieve the stored penalty and interest assessment value from the data store; and

display the retrieved penalty and interest assessment value on a display connected to the computer;

if the calculation action parameter value is determined by the processor to be set to the calculation details value, the instructions cause the processor to;

build the penalty and interest assessment value without retrieving the stored penalty and interest assessment value from the data store, wherein the building includes re-calculating the penalty and interest assessment value based, at least in part, on the one or more debt categories using data received with the request;

populate one or more calculation details in data entry fields, where the calculation details include a set of line items that each i) correspond to a debt category and ii) show the effect of the debt category on the calculation of the penalty and interest assessment value; and

display the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details on the display connected to the computer;

wherein after the displaying, the instructions cause the processor to discard and not store the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details in the data store causing the computer to conserve storage space in the data store and reduce operations performed by the computer.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 where the re-calculating is performed without retrieving a stored penalty and interest assessment value.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 where the calculation action parameter comprises an input selection to a plug-in that performs the penalty and interest assessment value calculation.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 where data received with the request comprises a calculation date based upon which the penalty and interest assessment value is to be calculated.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 where the calculation details include a log of individual penalty and interest assessments that result in the calculated penalty and interest assessment value.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 where the calculation details include a textual description of calculation rules that are relevant to the calculated penalty and interest assessment.

7. A computing system, comprising:

a processor connected to at least one memory;

a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to at least one data communication path with the processor and the at least one memory;

a penalty and interest transaction data store configured to store a penalty and interest assessment value;

an assessment request logic stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive i) a request for the penalty and interest assessment value and ii) a calculation action parameter that can be set to i) a standard forecast value or ii) a calculation details value;

an assessment selection logic stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine whether the calculation action parameter is set to the standard forecast value or the calculation details value, where the assessment selection logic comprises;

a penalty and interest retrieval logic configured to retrieve the penalty and interest assessment value from the penalty and interest data store when the calculation action parameter is set to the standard forecast value; and

a penalty and interest calculation logic configured to, when the calculation action parameter is set to the calculation details value;

calculate the penalty and interest assessment value based on one or more debt categories using data received as part of the request; and

populate one or more calculation details based on the calculation of the penalty and interest assessment, where the calculation details include a set of line items that each i) correspond to a debt category and ii) show the effect of the debt category on the calculation of the penalty and interest assessment value;

wherein the penalty and interest calculation logic comprises a plug-in that receives the value of the calculation action parameter as an input selection parameter; and

a display logic stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to display either;

i) the penalty and interest assessment value retrieved from the data store by the penalty and interest retrieval logic or ii) the penalty and interest assessment and the calculation details calculated by the penalty and interest calculation logic;

wherein the penalty and interest calculation logic further includes stored instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

discard the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details after the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details are displayed without storing the calculated penalty and interest assessment value or the calculation details in the data store causing the computer to conserve storage space in the data store and reduce operations performed by the computer.

8. The computing system of claim 7 where the penalty and interest calculation logic is configured to calculate the penalty and interest assessment without retrieving a stored penalty and interest assessment value when the calculation action parameter is set to the standard forecast value.

9. The computing system of claim 7 where the penalty and interest calculation logic is configured to calculate the penalty and interest assessment value using an input calculation date on which a penalty and interest assessment value is to be calculated.

10. The computing system of claim 7 where the penalty and interest calculation logic is configured to generate a log of individual penalty and interest assessments that result in the calculated penalty and interest assessment.

11. The computing system of claim 7 where the penalty and interest calculation logic is configured to include a textual description of calculation rules that are relevant to the calculated penalty and interest assessment in the calculation details.

12. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

calculating, by a processor of a computer, a penalty and interest assessment value based, at least in part, on one or more debt categories;

storing, by the processor, the penalty and interest assessment value in a data store in data communication with the processor;

receiving, by the processor, a request for the penalty and interest assessment value and a calculation action parameter value, where the calculation action parameter can be set to i) a standard forecast value or ii) calculation details value;

wherein the calculation action parameter value comprises an input selection to a plug-in that performs the calculation of the penalty and interest assessment value with the processor;

determining, by the processor, the calculation action parameter value from the request and

if the calculation action parameter value is set to the standard forecast value;

retrieving, by the processor, the stored penalty and interest assessment value from the data store; and

displaying, by the processor, the retrieved penalty and interest assessment value on a display connected to the computer;

if the calculation action parameter value is set to the calculation details value;

re-calculating, by the processor, the penalty and interest assessment value based, at least in part, on the one or more debt categories using data received with the request;

populating, by the processor, one or more calculation details, where the calculation details include a set of line items that each i) correspond to a debt category and ii) show the effect of the debt category on the calculation of the penalty and interest assessment value; and

displaying the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details;

wherein after the displaying, the processor is controlled to discard and not store the calculated penalty and interest assessment value and the calculation details in the data store causing the computer to conserve storage space in the data store and reducing operations performed by the computer.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 where the calculating is performed without retrieving a stored penalty and interest assessment value.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 where the data received with the request comprises a calculation date based upon which the penalty and interest assessment value is to be calculated.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 where the calculation details include a log of individual penalty and interest assessments that result in the calculated penalty and interest assessment value.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 the calculation details include a textual description of calculation rules that are relevant to the calculated penalty and interest assessment.