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 eleven years to over 2700 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 (www.libertytaxcanada.com) has over 2,700 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.