Liberty Tax Service

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Liberty Tax Service, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	Virginia Beach, VA USA, (1997)
Headquarters	Virginia Beach, VA USA
Key people	John Hewitt, Chairman, CEO & President, CFO Richard Baumgartner, CIO Charles E. Kirkpatrick
Products	Tax preparation Tax preparation courses
Website	libertytax.com

Liberty Tax Service is a United States-based company specializing in the preparation of tax returns for individuals and small businesses. The company began in Canada in 1972 and began selling Canadian franchises in 1973. John Hewitt purchased the Canadian company in 1997, changed it’s name to Liberty Tax and began selling franchises in the United States[1].

Liberty receives various media attention due to its practice of using store-front wavers dressed up in such costumes as the Statue of Liberty and Uncle Sam.

As of 2007, Liberty is the fastest-growing international tax preparation firm in the world. Their franchise network is comprised of over 2,900 offices in the United States and Canada. It has prepared over 4 million individual income tax returns[2].

Most individual offices are independently-owned franchises, and the company was ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the 10 most successful franchises in the country. In addition, Black Enterprise has named the Liberty franchise opportunity as one of the most affordable.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Franchise profile on Liberty Tax Service Franchise
• Franchise profile on Entrepreneur Magazine