Abstract: A method for providing tax payment data from a remote end user workstation to a tax collection system host connected to the end user workstation by a server includes displaying available taxing authorities to a user at the end user workstation. One of the available taxing authorities is then selected at the end user workstation. Tax payment data is then input to the end user workstation. The tax payment data is then transmitted to the server. The tax payment data is then processed at the server to determine if the tax payment data is formatted properly. If the tax payment data is formatted properly, then the tax payment data is transmitted to the host. A message response indicative of the acceptance or rejection of the tax payment data is then transmitted from the host to the client station via the server.