System and method for risk-based data assessment

1 . A computer-implemented method of preparing data for analytic-based data assessment, comprising:

receiving data from one or more data sources;

generating one or more associations among the received data, the associations providing links between one or more data elements of the received data;

generating one or more segmented data sets based on the received data and the one or more associations, the segmented data sets reflecting an organization of the received data;

integrating one or more variables related to the received data into the one or more segmented data sets to create pre-processed data; and

outputting the pre-processed data and integrated real-time data for application of analytics.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the data further includes:

identifying one or more raw data elements in the received data; and

changing a value associated with each of the identified one or more raw data elements for processing of the received data.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more associations further includes:

generating the one or more associations among the received data based on at least one of a source of the data and an entity related to the received data.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the entity is at least one of a tax return, a taxpayer, a tax preparer, and a taxpayer's employer.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the received data includes historical data associated with the entity.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further including:

combining the pre-processed data and the real-time data for analysis of a received tax return.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the segmented data views are temporally-segmented data views.

8 . A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-executable program which, when executed by a processor, performs a method of preparing data for analytic-based data assessment, comprising:

receiving data from one or more data sources;

generating one or more associations among the received data, the associations providing links between one or more data elements of the received data;

generating one or more segmented data sets based on the received data and the one or more associations, the segmented data sets reflecting an organization of the received data;

integrating one or more variables related to the received data into the one or more segmented data sets to create pre-processed data; and

outputting the pre-processed data and integrated real-time data for application of analytics.

9 . The computer-readable recording medium of claim 8 , wherein receiving the data further includes:

identifying one or more raw data elements in the received data; and

changing a value associated with each of the identified one or more raw data elements for processing of the received data.

10 . The computer-readable recording medium of claim 8 , wherein generating the one or more associations further includes:

generating the one or more associations among the received data based on at least one of a source of the data and an entity related to the received data.

11 . The computer-readable recording medium of claim 10 , wherein the entity is at least one of a tax return, a taxpayer, a tax preparer, and a taxpayer's employer.

12 . The computer-readable recording medium of claim 11 , wherein the received data includes historical data associated with the entity.

13 . The computer-readable recording medium of claim 8 , further including:

combining the pre-processed data and the real-time data for analysis of a received tax return.

14 . The computer-readable recording medium of claim 8 , wherein the segmented data views are temporally-segmented data views.

15 . A system for preparing data for analytic-based data assessment, the system comprising:

at least one memory to store data and instructions; and

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and, when executing the instructions, to:

receive data from one or more data sources;

generate one or more associations among the received data, the associations providing links between one or more data elements of the received data;

generate one or more segmented data sets based on the received data and the one or more associations, the segmented data sets reflecting an organization of the received data;

integrate one or more variables related to the received data into the one or more segmented data sets to create pre-processed data; and

output the pre-processed data and integrated real-time data for application of analytics.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein when the at least one processor is configured to receive the data, the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify one or more raw data elements; and

change a value associated with each of the identified one or more raw data elements for processing the received data.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein when the at least one processor is configured to generate the one or more associations, the at least one processor is further configured to:

generate the one or more associations among the received data based on at least one of a source of the data and an entity related to the received data, wherein the entity includes at least one of a tax return, a taxpayer, a tax preparer, and a taxpayer's employer.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the received data includes historical data associated with the entity.

19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

combine the pre-processed data and the real-time data for analysis of a received tax return.

20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the segmented data views are temporally-segmented data views.