WO2002101487A2 - Collection and remittance system - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to data processing systems and the methods of their use.
- the invention relates to a system and method for rapid tax collection and distribution.
- a bank computer at a merchant bank accesses
- transactions on the Internet may involve a consumer in one state, a merchant's place of business in another state, warehousing in a third state, billing or processing in a fourth state, and a fulfillment center in a fifth state.
- a consumer in one state
- a merchant's place of business in another state
- warehousing in a third state
- billing or processing in a fourth state
- a fulfillment center in a fifth state.
- states involved may have different taxing rules. For example, a state may require
- the taxing authority loses the opportunity to use its tax revenue for a certain period.
- Fig. IB is a pictorial illustration of a first part of a credit-card transaction between a
- FIG. 2A is a pictorial illustration of a second part of the credit-card transaction of
- FIG. 3 A is a pictorial illustration of a third part of the credit-card transaction of
- Fig. 3C is a pictorial illustration of the third part of the transaction illustrated in
- FIG. 3 A for a plurality of merchants
- Fig. 3D is a pictorial illustration of the third part of the transaction illustrated in
- Fig. 3B for a plurality of merchants
- FIG. 3E is a pictorial illustration of another embodiment of the third part of the
- FIGs. 4A and 4B illustrate the processing of a credit-card transaction according to an
- FIG. 5 A is a pictorial illustration of a cash or cash-substitute transaction between a
- FIG. 5B is a pictorial illustration of a cash or cash-substitute transaction between a
- FIG. 5C is a pictorial illustration of the system of Fig. 5 A with a plurality of
- Fig. 5D is a pictorial illustration of the system of Fig. 5B with a plurality of
- Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the processing of a cash or cash-substitute
- Fig. 7 A is a pictorial illustration of a debit or truncated check transaction between a
- FIG. 7B is a pictorial illustration of a debit or truncated check transaction between a consumer and a merchant according to another embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 7C is a pictorial illustration of the system of Fig. 7 A with a plurality of
- FIG. 7D is a pictorial illustration of the system of Fig. 7B with a plurality of
- FIG. 8 is a pictorial illustration of an income tax collection system according to the
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of one embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of another embodiment of an income tax collection system according to the invention.
- Fig. 11 is a pictorial illustration of another embodiment of an income tax collection
- a system or method according to the invention may be used for face-to-face, e-commerce, telephone or other
- a consumer 12 may interact with a merchant 14
- an interaction means 16 such as a public and/or private, direct and/or indirect means of transaction communication, including, but not limited to, a public
- PSTN switched telephone network
- the Internet cable, T-l, fiber optic, satellite,
- the consumer 12 obtains a
- the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or other card company such as travel and entertainment, petroleum or other. Similarly, the issuer bank 18 may be a bank or
- the merchant 14 acquires credit-transaction capability through an acquirer bank and/or a service provider 21.
- the merchant 14 may interact with the acquirer bank and/or service provider 21 through a gateway 30 having a gateway computer 30A.
- the merchant 14 may interact directly with the acquirer bank and/or
- the merchant 14 may also have an account at a merchant's
- the issuer bank 18 and the acquirer bank 21 may interact through credit card associations 25 such as Visa or MasterCard and/or other card organizations (CO). In some transactions, the issuer
- bank and the acquirer bank may be the same entity such as may be the case with
- the card organization itself may function as either one or both of the issuer and acquirer, or other entity such as
- a central financial entity 27 such as the Federal
- Reserve Bank a state bank, or another institution such as a processor, may be either
- the central financial entity 27 may be any financial entity or a government entity.
- the central financial entity 27 may be any financial entity or a government entity.
- the central financial entity computer 25 A may be one or more computers, and the
- central financial entity may be one or more entities.
- a plurality of taxing entities may be one or more taxing entities.
- requiring tax collection may be individual states, local municipalities, the federal government, or other taxing entities, each having various taxing rates and/or
- the plurality of taxing entity banks 29 having computers such as computer 29A may be capable of receiving fund transfers on behalf of the taxing
- the merchant 14 may be required to obtain approval for the credit card transaction
- Fig. 4A this is indicated by block 412.
- the merchant 14 uses a computer 14A and/or other payment terminal or payment device, to forward the transaction information to a computer 21 A at its acquirer
- the merchant 14 may transmit the information directly to the acquirer bank 21, bypassing the gateway 30.
- a merchant 114 may forward the
- the information may be transmitted through a computer 130A at a gateway 130, as illustrated in Fig. IB, lines B and C, or directly to the third-party service provider computer 22 A.
- the merchant 14 may have a
- the forwarded transaction information includes the transaction amount, including a portion for taxes.
- determination may be made by the merchant's computer 14 A, 114 A, the third-party service provider computer 22A or other based on knowledge of the location of the
- Distribution rules may be agreed upon by
- the distribution rules may specify the distribution of taxes if the consumer 12 is in one state and the merchant 14 is in
- the rules may also take into account the locations of billing, warehouse or
- the location of the consumer 12 may be determined or sourced
- the ZIP +4 code may also be obtained from the consumer's credit card billing address ; an AVS (address verification service) or other.
- merchant's computer may be used to collect back taxes owed by the merchant to one
- the acquirer bank computer 21 A (Fig. 1A) or other forwards the credit-card and transaction information to a computer 25A at the
- the issuer bank and/or other CO.
- the issuer bank and/or other CO.
- approval process may be outsourced by the issuer bank to a third party.
- the third party service provider computer 22A or other forwards the credit-card and transaction information to a
- association computer 25A may be one or more
- the issuer bank computer 18A and/or other CO may either approve or deny the request for
- the response from the issuer bank computer 18A is forwarded via the association's computer 25 A to the computer 21 A
- the gateway 30 may be bypassed, and the response may be forwarded directly from the acquirer bank computer 21A to the merchant's computer 14A.
- gateway computer 130A may then forward the response to the merchant's computer 114A through the gateway computer 130A (lines H and I), or may bypass the gateway 130 and
- the merchant 14 uses his computer 14A to forward, through the gateway computer 30A, the credit-card and transaction information, including
- the gateway 30 may be bypassed in other embodiments.
- the merchant 114 may transmit the credit-card and transaction information
- the gateway 130 From his computer 114A to the computer 22A at the third party service provider 22 through the gateway computer 130A (lines J and K).
- the gateway 130 is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc.
- the total sales amount may be different from the amount approved in the first phase. For example, in the case of restaurants and/or other
- gratuity e.g., taxi, hair salon, delivery, bar,
- the approved amount may include the sale amount plus an allowance for a gratuity. Once the consumer adds the tip to the sale amount, the total sales amount
- the acquirer bank 21 (Fig. 2A), the third party service provider 22 (Fig. 2B) or other.
- issuer bank 18 (line M). Again, a separate entity may be used to perform this function of the issuer bank 18.
- the issuer bank computer 18A may then return a transaction confirmation code such as confirmation, approval or authorization or
- the acquirer bank 21 and the gateway 30 (lines N, O, P and
- the merchant's computer 14A may calculate the sales tax owed to each taxing entity 29
- the tax calculation database or service may be located on a separate computer, such as one
- the merchant's computer 14A may
- the merchant's computer 14A may determine, through either an internal
- This operation may be performed at part of a conventional batching operation, or done separately.
- the merchant's computer may transmit the required information ultimately to the computer 21 A at
- Fig. 3A block 418 in Fig. 4A). For example, at the end of a day, shift, period or
- the merchant's computer 14A may transmit the individual or cumulative transaction information for that day, shift, period or other to a third party service
- the gateway 30 may be bypassed.
- the information includes
- the information may include the portion of those funds accounting for the merchant's revenue and the portion accounting for the taxes, as well as the taxing entity (ies) to which those taxes are to be disbursed.
- the information may also include the portion of funds accounting for income tax due to the taxing entity bank 29.
- portion may be estimated by the merchant's computer 14A, for example, by one of
- the merchant's computer 14 A may calculate the income tax due based on a ratio of tax to revenue from a previous year.
- the acquirer bank's computer 21A then forwards a debit request, such as a
- association 25 and/or other COs (line U in Fig. 3 A, block 420 in Fig. 4A).
- the association's computer 25 A may then forward the debit request to the issuer bank's computer 18A (line W in Fig. 3A, block 422 in Fig. 4B), which responds
- Tax-related data may be tagged, such as flagged or otherwise identified, to the request at each stage.
- the various other illustrated computers may be a group of computers disposed in
- the information from the merchants' computer 14A may only include
- computer 27 A may determine the required distributions to the various components
- an external service entity may perform the determination of the distributions and may pass that
- the central financial entity's computer 27 A may then distribute the tax amounts to
- the central financial entity's computer 27 A may transmit
- the taxing entity banks 29 may also include merchant tax reporting information.
- the central financial entity's computer 27 A then transmits the balance of the credit
- the credit-card association's computer 25 A may subtract a fee for its services from the credit file.
- the charge may be a percentage of the funds processed by the association 25 and/or other card organization, or a transaction fee or other.
- the present invention may offer the additional advantage of lowering the cost
- the merchant 14 may not be required to pay a fee for processing of that tax portion of the
- the funds may include tax amount as done today, thereby
- the acquiring bank's computer 21 A may then
- other entities may be used as a distribution point for the taxing entities 29.
- the computers 25A at various credit associations, third party service providers and/or other CO 25 may serve as the distributing entities.
- each acquirer bank 21 or issuer bank 18 may be used as the distributing entities.
- debit request may be transmitted from a computer 218A at the issuer bank 218 to a
- central financial entity computer 227A may use the tax distribution information to
- Fig. 3B the merchant's computer 114A, at a
- gateway computer 130 A which may be bypassed
- the third-party service provider computer 22A may forward the information to a computer 26A at a tax service provider 26 (line T) for determination of the allocation of the tax funds to the appropriate taxing entities.
- the tax service provider computer 26 A then returns the information, including tax
- the tax allocation may have been determined on a
- the information may be transmitted directly from the merchant's computer 114A to the tax service provider computer 26A, bypassing either one or both of the gateway computer 130A and the
- the third-party service provider computer 22 A In further embodiments, the third-party
- the service provider 22 and the tax service provider 26 may be a single entity, and the
- third-party service provider computer 22A and the tax service provider computer 26A may be a single unit.
- the third-party service provider computer 22A then forwards a debit request, such as a settlement request or other, to the computers
- the associations 125 may transmit the
- the central financial entity 127 may
- FIGs. 1A, 2A and 3A illustrate a single transaction involving
- Fig. 3C illustrates the portion of the transaction illustrated in Fig. 3 A, but with a plurality of merchants
- a single central financial entity 327 such as the Federal Reserve Bank
- taxing entity banks or a small group of entities such as issuers, acquirers or other qualified banks or entities, may be used to distribute taxes to a plurality of taxing entity banks or
- Figs. IB, 2B and 3B may also be
- Fig. 3D illustrates the portion of the
- a single central financial entity 377 may be used to distribute taxes to a plurality of taxing entity banks or financial
- tax funds may not be transmitted to each individual merchant 14 bank or financial account entity; rather, they may be directed to the
- Figs. 5 A and 6 illustrate the distribution of taxes according to another embodiment
- Figs. 5 A and 6 relate to the distribution of taxes when the transaction involves either cash or cash-substitutes. As noted above, cash-
- substitutes may also be conducted through interaction means 36.
- a consumer 32 presents cash or cash substitute to a merchant 34 to complete a transaction (line AA in Fig. 5A, block 610
- the transaction information may be supplied to a merchant's computer
- the merchant's computer 34A may forward cash transaction information to a computer 43A at a merchant's bank 43 or other (line AB in Fig.
- the information may include the tax amounts due to each of a plurality of taxing entity banks 49 or financial account entities, as calculated by the merchant's
- the information includes the tax amount due on the merchant's income
- the central financial entity computer 47 A or a service provider, for
- example may calculate the individual or cumulative transactions distribution of the
- the merchant's computer 34A may forward the information
- a merchant 134 may use a computer 134A to transmit the transaction information to a computer 44A at a third-party
- 44A may forward the information to a computer 46A at a tax service provider 46
- the tax service provider computer 46 A may then return the information, including the tax allocation information, to the third-party service provider computer 44A (line AD) for transmission to a
- the merchant's computer 134A may transmit the information to the third-party
- the merchant's computer 134A may bypass the third-party service
- service provider 46 may be a single entity, and the third party service provider computer 44A and the tax service provider computer 46A may be a single unit.
- entity's computer 47 A provides the information and funds for distribution to the
- the distribution may be
- central financial entity 47 may be any institution or entity qualified and capable of serving as a conduit for the transfer of funds to the various taxing entities 49 bank or financial account entity.
- FIGs. 5 A and 6 illustrate a single transaction involving a
- Fig. 5C illustrates each of the merchants 534
- FIG. 5C further illustrates the system with a
- a single central financial entity 547 may be used to distribute taxes from the plurality of merchants 534 to the plurality of taxing entity banks 549 or financial account entities, each having a computer such as computer 549 A.
- Fig. 5B may also be implemented with a
- FIG. 5D illustrates a system according to the invention with
- Fig. 5D illustrates each of the merchants 584 transacting with consumers 582.
- Fig. 5D further illustrates the system with a plurality of third party service providers 544,
- 597 may be used to distribute taxes from the plurality of merchants 584 to the plurality of taxing entity banks 599 or financial account entities, each having a computer such as computer 599A.
- FIG. 7A illustrates yet another embodiment of the invention.
- a consumer 52 interacts with a merchant 54 to perform a transaction wherein the
- consumer 52 pays the merchant 54 by a debit card, a check card, a truncated check
- EBT electronic benefit transfer
- a computer 54A transmits transaction information, through a computer 60A at a
- the gateway 60 to a computer 61A at a debit clearinghouse 61 (lines AH and AL).
- the debit clearinghouse may be an entity such as an automated clearing house (ACH).
- the gateway 60 may be bypassed.
- a merchant 154 may use a computer
- a gateway computer 160A to transmit the transaction information, through a gateway computer 160A, to
- a computer 62 A at a third-party service provider 62 (lines AH and AI in Fig. 7B).
- the gateway 160 may be bypassed in other embodiments.
- the third-party service provider computer 62A may forward the information to a
- the tax service provider computer 64A at a tax service provider 64 (line AJ in Fig. 7B) for determination of allocation of tax funds to various taxing entities.
- the tax service provider computer 64A then returns the information, including the tax allocation information, to the
- third party service provider computer 62 A (line AK in Fig. 7B), which forwards the
- the merchant's computer 154 A may bypass the third-party service provider 62 and transmit the information directly to the tax service provider computer 64 A.
- tax service provider 64 may be a single entity, and the third party service provider
- the debit clearing house computer 61 A then relays the information to a computer 58 A at the consumer's bank 58 (line AM) for certain
- check cards such as check cards, an acquirer computer and/or other third party service computer
- information includes data relating to the distribution of any tax on the transaction.
- the computer 58A at the consumer's bank 58 may then transfer funds to the computer 61 A at the debit clearinghouse 61 (line AN).
- clearinghouse computer 61 A may then transmit an approval signal to the computer
- the gateway 60 may be bypassed.
- the debit clearing house computer 161 A may transfer the funds to the third-party service provider computer 62A (line AO in
- the third-party service provider computer 62 A may transmit an approval
- the third-party service provider computer 62A may transmit
- central financial entity 167 and transmit the tax portion directly to the various taxing
- the debit clearinghouse computer 161 A may forward the
- the functions of the debit clearinghouse 161 and the central financial entity 167 may be performed by a single
- the clearinghouse computer 61 A may, either concurrently or subsequently, transfer the tax portion, along with distribution data, to a computer 67A at a central financial entity 67 (line AS) for distribution to
- the functions of the clearinghouse 61 and the central financial entity 67 may be performed by a single entity.
- the clearinghouse 61 may be performed by a single entity.
- the total amount of the transaction including the tax
- the portion may be transferred at line AR to the merchant's bank's computer 63A.
- the merchant's bank's computer 63A may then transfer the tax portion, along with the
- the merchant's bank's computer 63 A may accumulate
- the merchant's bank's computer may perform
- the computer 58A at the consumer's bank may only
- the consumer's bank's computer 58A may transfer the tax portion with distribution information to the computer 67A at the central financial entity 67.
- FIG. 7A illustrates a system with a single transaction
- a system according to the invention may be implemented with a plurality
- merchants 754 may transact with one or more of consumers 752, each of the
- a computer 761 A at a debit clearinghouse 761 may communicate with a computer 761 A at a debit clearinghouse 761 via a computer 760A at a gateway 760 for transaction clearing
- party service provider computer or other may be used to distribute taxes to a plurality of taxing entity banks 769.
- Fig. 7B may also be implemented with a
- FIG. 7D illustrates a system according to the invention with
- a plurality of merchants 704 each having a computer such as computer 704 A.
- FIG. 7D illustrates each of the merchants 704 transacting with consumers 702, each of the consumers 702 being associated with one of a plurality of consumer's banks 708, each of the consumer's banks 708 having a computer such as computer 708A.
- Fig. 7D further illustrates the system with a gateway 710, plurality of third party
- a single central financial entity 717 may be
- Another embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for point-of-sale tax collection that can be used for rapid collection of income taxes
- Fig. 8 illustrates an arrangement by which a plurality of taxing entities 89
- a consumer 72 may collect taxes from a merchant 74 earning income through sales to consumers 72.
- a consumer 72 interacts with a merchant 74 having a point-of-sale
- POS terminal 74A through, for example, a salesperson.
- the consumer 72 and the merchant 74 may also occur through an interaction means
- PSTN public switched telephone network
- a PSTN public switched telephone network
- the transaction may be completely automated at the merchant's end.
- the merchant's POS terminal 74A is adapted to communicate with a computer 83 A
- the computer 83 A at the merchant's bank 83 may maintain one
- the computer 83A at the merchant's bank 83 is adapted to communicate with computers 89 A at a plurality of taxing entity banks 89.
- the taxing entity banks 89 may be associated with various taxing entities including, for
- Fig. 9 illustrates one embodiment of an operation according to the invention for collecting income taxes rapidly using, for example, the system illustrated in Fig. 8.
- the merchant's computer or POS terminal 74A completes a POS sale
- the period may comprise a predetermined length of time such as a business day, a business week, or other appropriate period.
- the determination at block 912 may be made by the POS terminal 74A based on,
- the merchant's POS terminal 74A connects to the merchant's bank's
- the connection between the merchant's POS terminal 74A and the merchant's bank's computer 83A may be
- the information transmitted to the merchant's bank's computer 83A is performed through a variety of means, including the Internet or a telephone connection.
- the information transmitted to the merchant's bank's computer 83A is transmitted to the merchant's bank's computer 83A
- tax amounts may include the amount of income tax to be paid to the various taxing entities as well as identification of the corresponding taxing entity banks 89.
- the tax amounts may include the amount of income tax to be paid to the various taxing entities as well as identification of the corresponding taxing entity banks 89.
- 74A may account for irregular periods resulting from, for example, holidays or
- the information may be double that for a regular day.
- the information may only include the total sales revenue for the period with the income tax to be paid being
- the merchant's bank's computer 83A connects to one taxing entity
- bank's computer 89A Again, this connection may be performed through a variety of methods including the Internet or a telephone connection.
- this connection may be performed through a variety of methods including the Internet or a telephone connection.
- the merchant's bank's computer 83 A determines whether additional taxing entity banks 89 remain to whom funds must be transferred for the present period. If additional taxing entity banks 89 remain, the process returns to block 916 and
- Fig. 10 illustrates a second embodiment of a rapid tax collection system according
- a POS sale is conducted and completed between a consumer 72 and a merchant 74 having a POS terminal 74 A.
- the POS sale may be conducted through may modes including the Internet,
- PSTN PSTN
- face-to-face PSTN
- the income tax resulting from the particular sale is calculated after each sale.
- POS terminal 74A calculates an estimate of the income and the resulting income tax
- a factor for determining the income may be applied for the resulting difference. The factor may take into
- a ratio of income to sales revenue from the previous year may be used to determine the estimated income from the sale.
- the merchant's POS terminal 74A updates the total income taxes for
- taxing entities may include the federal
- the merchant's POS terminal 74A determines whether the just- completed POS sale was the last sale for the period. As noted above with reference
- this determination may be made either by the POS terminal 74 A according to an internal clock or though input from a salesperson.
- the merchant's POS terminal 74A connects to the merchant's bank's
- the merchant's POS terminal 74A and the merchant's bank's computer 83A may be
- the tax amount is the amount of income tax to be paid to the various taxing entities as well as identification of the corresponding taxing entity banks 89.
- the tax amount is the
- the merchant's bank's computer 83A connects to one taxing entity
- bank's computer 89A Again, this connection may be performed through a variety of means including the Internet or a telephone connection.
- this connection may be performed through a variety of means including the Internet or a telephone connection.
- the merchant's bank's computer 83A determines whether additional taxing entity banks 89 remain to whom funds must be transferred. If additional taxing entity
- a central financial entity 107 having
- a computer 107 A may be used to distribute taxes from a plurality of merchants 94 to
- a plurality of taxing entities 109 In this embodiment, consumers 92 conduct transactions with a plurality of merchants 94, each having a POS terminal 94 A.
- Each POS terminal 94A periodically transmits tax-related data to a computer 103A
- the POS terminals 94A may directly transmit the tax-
- the funds may either be a priori deposited with the central financial entity or be concurrently transferred.
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