Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with customizing a timeline for displaying account information about an entity are described. In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a timeline of tax account information by consolidating a history of the tax account information in a display of the timeline. Elements in the history are selected based on parameters that have been customized for a revenue authority. The elements include display properties of the timeline and tax account information. The example method may also include dynamically rendering the timeline as one of multiple display zones on a display screen based, at least in part, on the parameters. Rendering the display includes determining how to display each of the elements on the timeline. The processor configures the timeline and dynamically renders the timeline in response to receiving a request to display the timeline about an entity.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with using a business object lifecycle for management of business records are described. In one embodiment, a method includes defining a lifecycle for a customer tax role record having a plurality of possible lifecycle states. Subsequent to defining the lifecycle, the method monitors a plurality of customer tax role records that have an active state, and for a monitored record, determines if an expiration date has expired. If the expiration date has not expired, then a new tax obligation is generated for a customer associated with the monitored record. If the expiration date has expired, the state of the lifecycle state of the monitored record is changed to an expired state such that the new tax obligation is not generated. The method then repeats the monitoring for a next active record from the plurality of customer tax role records.