SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RANKING AND FILTERING PROFESSIONALS BASED ON USER INPUT AND ACTIVITY AND INTERFACING WITH PROFESSIONALS WITHIN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY

摘要

Systems and methods for selecting a tax professional. In an embodiment, one or more search criteria are received from a user. In addition, rating information is generated and associated with each of a plurality of professional users. The plurality of professional users may be filtered based on the one or more search criteria and the rating information to identify a subset of one or more professional users. The identified subset of one or more professional users is then provided to the user.