1. A computer-implemented method performed by a computing device comprising a data store including computer-executable instructions of a computerized tax return preparation application and a processor executing the computer-executable instructions of the computerized tax return preparation application, the computer-implemented method comprising: the computing device, by executing a rule-based logic agent, reading first runtime data of an electronic tax return from a shared data store, selecting candidate topics or questions from a data structure comprising a plurality of rows defining respective rules and a plurality of columns defining respective questions, generating a plurality of non-binding suggestions of candidate topics or questions to be presented to the user based at least in part upon the first runtime data and the data structure, and generating prioritization data associated with the plurality of non-binding suggestions; the computing device, by executing a user interface controller in communication with the rule-based logic agent, receiving the plurality of non-binding suggestions from the rule-based logic agent; the computing device, by executing a pagination engine associated with the user interface controller, receiving prioritization data generated by the rule-based logic agent and associated with the plurality of non-binding suggestions, and generating an output based at least in part upon the prioritization data; the computing device, by executing the user interface controller, generating an interview screen that is presented to the user through a display of the computing device, the interview screen comprising a first paginated screen including topics or questions of at least one selected non-binding suggestion generated by the rule-based logic agent and structured based at least in part upon the pagination engine outputs; the computing device, by executing the user interface controller, receiving user input through the first paginated screen, the user input corresponding to selection of a topic or question of the first paginated screen, and writing the response to the shared data store shared with the rule-based logic agent to update the first runtime data and generate second runtime data; and the computing device, by executing a calculation engine, reading the second runtime data from the shared data store, determining a calculation result based on performing a calculation using the second runtime data, and writing the calculation result to the shared data store to update the second runtime data and generate third runtime data.
6. The method of claim 1 , the pagination structure being utilized by the user interface controller in response to user input selecting an element of the pagination screen.