Liberty Tax Service is a United States

United States

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-based company specializing in the preparation of tax returns for individuals and small businesses. The company began in Canada in 1997 when John Hewitt

John Hewitt (tax preparation entrepreneur)

John T. Hewitt is a U.S. entrepreneur, the co-founder of Jackson Hewitt and sole founder of Liberty Tax Service. As of late 2006 Hewitt served as CEO, chairman of the board and president of the latter. Together these companies account for more than 9,000 tax preparation offices in the U.S. and...

, co-founder of Jackson Hewitt

Jackson Hewitt

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. is the second largest tax preparation service in the United States; responsible for preparing over 2.2 million computerized federal, state, and local individual income tax returns each year. Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, the company currently operates more than...

, acquired a Canadian tax franchisor, U&R Tax Depot. In 1998 the company became Liberty Tax Service and opened 5 offices in the United States.