Tax Return Scanning and Processing
Taskmaster Enables Quick and Efficient Data Processing of Tax ReturnsTax and revenue organizations rely on document imaging technology to enable easier access to information, streamline operations, and provide better service to taxpayers. By automating tax document processing, organizations are able to better manage their paper and shorten the turnaround time from the receipt of a return to the issuance of a refund check. Tax document processing can be easily automated by electronically "reading" information from each document, and then subsequently extracting and verifying the information. |
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Datacap Taskmaster can calculate the data contained in the tax return, determine the tax due or refund amount, and then index and store the information for each individual taxpayer for future review or retrieval.
A number of states use Taskmaster to improve accuracy, reduce cost and improve tax return processing time. Taskmaster advanced handprint recognition capabilities (ICR) improve speed and accuracy along with automated validations and look-ups. In fact, Datacap won the Smithsonian Award for Innovations that Benefit Society for the solution provided for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for processing state tax returns.
Virginia Dept of Taxation Doubles Tax Return Processing Productivity
In implementing a Datacap Taskmaster system to replace manual data entry, Virginia became one of the first states to implement 2-D barcode capture capabilities to further automate the processing of approximately 2 million tax returns annually, doubling their processing productivity.
MDOR Saves $1.5 Million Annually on Tax Return Processing
The award-winning document image capture and workflow system enables the Massachusetts Department of Revenue to process a quarter of a million tax return document images per day, making the retrieval of tax returns virtually instantaneous.
Hawaii DOTAX Increases Return Processing Efficiency/Improves Customer Response
With recognition servers running overnight, Taskmaster now can process close to 10,000 returns in an eight hour shift. Previously, manual data entry operators were limited to a mere 50 returns an hour with the double-blind manual keying method.