This invention relates to a method of generating a tourist record in a computerised system. Computerised systems that handle records for tax refund transactions typically handle vast amounts of data and handle a large number of communications. The present invention is aimed at minimising the communication overhead in such ayatems by requesting the bare minimum amount of information from the user based on the juisdiction in which the transaction is taking place. Furthermore, the record relating to the individual is kept to the smallest size possible to satisfy the reqirements of obtaining a refund in a particular jurisdiction. The data is stored in a number of databases and the records sent are based on the requirements of a jurisdiction only populated with data relating to the user relevant for that jurisdiction. The data is taken from a record stored in a seconf database. The advantage of such a method is that the amount of data transmitted is reduced to the bare minimum. Figure 1
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