Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Online interactive notification platform for exploring possible tax nexus and implications
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Application No.: US16775771Application Date: 2020-01-29
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Publication No.: US11238542B1Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Ellen Wixted , Andrew Jesse Powell , John Paul Catrett , Brock Rumer , Ben Fisher Johnson , Morgan Coleman , Salvador Anthony Rodriguez , Tyler Flora , Jeremy Martinez , Andrew Louis Bloom , Alexander Paul Demyanik , Allison M. Grampa
- Applicant: Avalara, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00 ; G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/06

Abstract:
In response to receiving a request from a querying entity, such as a seller of goods or services, embodiments of a service engine present to a client computing device of the querying entity a set of queries about goods or services sold by the querying entity and other characteristics of the business of the querying entity. The service engine may intelligently determine which queries to present based on responses to preceding queries. The service engine may then compare the entries in response to the queries against stored rules for a one or more of a plurality of tax jurisdictions, the stored rules being about establishing nexus for purposes of remitting transaction tax in the certain tax jurisdiction. The service engine may then determine information regarding potential lack of tax compliance of the querying entity based on the comparison, and notify accordingly.
Information query