Liberty Tax Service

Infobox_Company | company_name = Liberty Tax Service, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Virginia Beach, VA USA, (1997)
location = Virginia Beach, VA USA
key_people = John Hewitt, Chairman, CEO & President,
CFO Richard Baumgartner,
CIO Charles E. Kirkpatrick
products = Tax preparation
Tax preparation courses
homepage = [http://www.libertytax.com/ 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 its name to Liberty Tax and began selling franchises in the United States [http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/libertytaxservice/282901-0.html] .

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 [http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/libertytaxservice/282901-0.html] .

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.Fact|date=July 2007

External links

* [http://www.libertytax.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.libertytaxfranchise.com/ Franchise profile on Liberty Tax Service Franchise]
* [http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/libertytaxservice/282901-0.html Franchise profile on Entrepreneur Magazine]