Jackson Hewitt Franchise Mess Hurts All Franchisees
April 4, 2007 by Sean Kelly
Filed under Business
Just when I thought we could get back to more positive franchise topics… A Jackson Hewitt franchisee proves that corruption’s not just for franchisors and consultants anymore…
Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it sued five Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. franchise companies for allegedly filing $70 million worth of illegal tax returns.
The DOJ claims that 125 Jackson Hewitt outlets in the Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and Raleigh, N.C., areas filed bogus tax returns, and that some franchise managers and employees got kickbacks from customers in return for helping file the phony returns.
Jackson Hewitt tax preparers were accused of creating …read more
