LIBERTY TAX SERVICE
More and more Canadians are turning to Liberty Tax Service to help
them meet one of life's ultimate deadlines. The company continues to
firmly establish its growing presence and increased market share in
the tax industry. Liberty Tax has prepared over 4 million returns.
The company is simply the fastest growing international tax service
ever, expanding in just over nine years to over 2400 offices.
John T. Hewitt founded Liberty Tax Service in 1997 by purchasing a
Canadian tax franchise. In 1999 the company was able to function in
the United States. Few individuals within the tax industry
demonstrate vision, experience and intuition in the
constantly-changing tax industry like John Hewitt. His
entrepreneurial endeavors in the tax industry also include founding
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. Under Hewitt's management, the company
solidly became number two in the industry, with 1,345 offices
coast-to-coast from humble beginnings as a six-office operation in
Hampton Roads, Virginia. Hewitt's tax preparation and management
experience spans over 38 years, and includes management stints at
H&R Block prior to founding the two companies. Accounting Today has
named Hewitt as one of the top 100 most influential people in the
accounting industry for six consecutive years. Hewitt was named
Entrepreneur of the Year for Virginia by Ernst & Young in 2003, and
Entrepreneur of the Year by the IFA in 2006.
Experience is the reason why Liberty Tax Service is capable of such
remarkable growth. The knowledge of the management team and
headquarters staff totals over 500 years of tax and franchise
industry expertise. That's a powerful resource when it comes to
developing systems, training programs, and marketing strategies.
For these reasons, Liberty Tax Service is able to build a brand name
that's increasingly recognized for quality computerized tax
preparation, fastest refund anticipation loans, and customer service
guarantees such as free checking of returns. The franchising
industry analysts are noticing Liberty too for its recession-proof
and affordable business model.
Liberty Tax Service has over 2,400 offices operating in the United
States and Canada. The company provides free tax advice, free
checking of self-prepared returns at each office. In January 2007,
Entrepreneur magazine ranked Liberty Tax Service as #17 on its
Franchise 500 overall list of best franchises.