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Company type | Private |
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Founded | Norfolk, Virginia United States (1982 ) |
Headquarters | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
Key people | • President and Chief Executive Officer: Greg MacFarlane[1] |
Products | • Financial services • Tax preparation • Refund anticipation loans • Franchises |
Website | jacksonhewitt |
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. is the second largest tax-preparation service in the United States; responsible for preparing over 2 million federal, state, and local income-tax returns each year.
The headquarters is located in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] It operated more than 6,000 franchised and company-owned locations throughout the United States, including nearly 3,000 located in Walmart stores nationwide.[3]
In January 1998, the Cendant Corporation, a consumer conglomerate, purchased Jackson Hewitt in a transaction valued at approximately $480 million.[4] In 2004, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. was spun off as a separate company.[5]