{"id":8833,"date":"2013-06-08T18:46:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T18:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=8833"},"modified":"2020-12-21T09:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:24:19","slug":"liberty-tax-services-franchise-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Tax Services Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"By M.O. Stevens (Own work) [GFDL (https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ALiberty_Tax_at_Cornell_Square_-_Hillsboro%2C_Oregon.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liberty Tax at Cornell Square - Hillsboro, Oregon\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e4\/Liberty_Tax_at_Cornell_Square_-_Hillsboro%2C_Oregon.JPG\/512px-Liberty_Tax_at_Cornell_Square_-_Hillsboro%2C_Oregon.JPG\" width=\"512\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Franchise Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From their <a title=\"tax prep franchises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertytaxfranchise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;With 4,500 offices in 2013, Liberty is currently the third largest tax franchise company in the world<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Liberty Tax Services<\/strong> &nbsp;founder and CEO, <strong>John Hewitt<\/strong>, is a recognized name in the tax and accounting world. Hewitt is the founder of two top tax preparation firms, and was a former<a title=\"h and r block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/no-more-refund-anticipation-loans\"> H&amp;R Block<\/a> regional director. Accounting Today magazine has yearly named him one of the accounting profession&#8217;s top 100 most influential people.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re <a title=\"link to franchise blog post about fit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-fit-you-will-take-a-hit-if-you-dont-really-fit\">a franchisee<\/a> of a company that has a CEO with huge name recognition, it\u2019s definitely a plus.<\/p>\n<p>(<i>Disclosure: The franchisor I was with had a contract with Liberty Tax Services, so they were in our portfolio of companies that we were allowed to present to our franchise candidates<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Meeting Hewitt<\/h2>\n<p>I met John Hewitt when I was a franchise broker. He spoke at one of my franchisors\u2019 national meetings.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t impressed with Hewitt at all&#8230;and the thing is-<em>I was hoping to be<\/em>&#8230;because I love hearing smart people speak. I love learning from people that have \u201c<i>made it<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, in Hewitt\u2019s case, there was something about him that just didn&#8217;t \u201c<i>feel<\/i>\u201d right to me. Maybe it was how he came across\u2026his persona. I really don\u2019t remember him saying anything specific in his presentation that turned me off-nothing like that. I just didn&#8217;t get good vibes from the guy. And, I always trust my intuition. <em>Always<\/em>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>Liberty (<i>like most tax preparation franchises<\/i>) is a <a title=\"franchise opportunity website low-cost opps\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisedirect.com\/taxfranchises\/51\">low-investment franchise business opportunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"tax franchise cost\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertytaxfranchise.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their franchise website<\/a>, the investment for one franchise office ranges from $56,800-$69,900. (<i>Add some working capital to that figure, as it\u2019s not included in the start-up costs that are listed.<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there are a limited number of <a title=\"guest post from an AD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/fantastic-franchise-tips-from-a-naked-pizza-five-guys-burgers-and-fries-area-developer\">Area Development<\/a> opportunities. If you\u2019re looking to own and control an entire area, and you fancy the idea of receiving a portion of the both the up-front franchise fees and continuing royalties, it\u2019s an option that you may want to explore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liberty Tax Services<\/strong> franchisees deliver tax preparation services-but supposedly <a title=\"article from franchise lawyer on tax prep franchises\" href=\"https:\/\/fortmanlaw.com\/tax-preparation-franchises-no-experience-necessary-to-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don\u2019t have to have tax experience themselves<\/a>. But, they should be good managers of people. That\u2019s because franchisees have a lot of employees during tax season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros:<\/strong> 4500 offices in the US and Canada; Liberty Tax Services is a real player in the tax preparation franchise niche. This low-investment opportunity offers a truly seasonal business. When it\u2019s not tax season, your office has very limited hours. The world is yours during these times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons:<\/strong> This is a pretty crowded niche. In addition, the pool of employees may be limited\u2026especially high-quality ones. If mistakes are made on a client\u2019s tax form, you (<i>as the franchisee<\/i>) are liable.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, just because <em>I<\/em> didn&#8217;t have a good feel for Hewitt, doesn&#8217;t mean that you will. It also doesn&#8217;t mean that he\u2019s a bad guy. Remember; any franchise opportunity that you&#8217;re looking into requires <a title=\"review of joel libava franchise research ebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-opportunities.biz\/franchise\/2008\/12\/17\/book-review-essential-steps-to-research-a-franchise-opportunity\/\">serious research<\/a>\u2026good due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>So do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ranking:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-crowns.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9012\" alt=\"review businesses\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-crowns.png\" width=\"160\" height=\"60\"><\/a> Out of 6<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has <em>your<\/em> experience been with the Liberty Tax Services franchise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franchise Review From their website: &ldquo;With 4,500 offices in 2013, Liberty is currently the third largest tax franchise company in the world.&rdquo; Liberty Tax Services &nbsp;founder and CEO, John Hewitt, is a recognized name in the tax and accounting world. Hewitt is the founder of two top tax preparation firms, and was a former H&amp;R [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1262,745],"tags":[321,1268],"class_list":["post-8833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franchise-reviews","category-taxes","tag-john-hewitt","tag-paying-taxes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liberty Tax Services Franchise &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Liberty Tax Services Franchise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberty Tax Services Franchise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liberty Tax Services Franchise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Franchise King\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-08T18:46:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-21T14:24:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-crowns.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Libava\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\"},\"headline\":\"Liberty Tax Services Franchise\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-08T18:46:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-21T14:24:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review\"},\"wordCount\":529,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2-crowns.png\",\"keywords\":[\"John Hewitt\",\"paying taxes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"franchise reviews\",\"taxes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2013\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/liberty-tax-services-franchise-review\",\"name\":\"Liberty Tax Services Franchise &#8212; 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