Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
3 Sylvan Way, Ste. 301, Parsippany, NJ 07054-3823, United States
(800)234-1040, (973)630-1040, (973)496-2785 fax, http://www.jacksonhewitt.com

Primary SIC: Patent Owners And Lessors, Primary NAICS: Owners and Lessors of Other Non-Financial Assets
Description: Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Inc. was founded in 1985 and has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2004. The company provides computerized preparation of federal, state and local individual income tax returns in the United States through a nationwide network of franchised and company-owned offices. In addition, the company offers various financial products, including refund anticipation loans. The company's core business is its franchise system. Jackson Hewitt Tax Services operates in two business segments: franchise operations, which consists of the franchise business operations, including royalty and marketing and advertising revenues, financial product fees and other revenues; and company-owned office operations, which consists of the operations of the company-owned offices that are primarily responsible for the preparation of tax returns. In 2008, the company had 6,763 franchised and company-owned offices and its headquarters was located in Parsippany, N.J. Jackson Hewitt Tax Services is the second largest paid individual tax return preparer in the United States based upon the number of individual tax returns prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).Finance: Franchisor of tax preparation centers. Services: Provider of tax preparation services.