Liberty Tax Service

[thomtax]

BB - I have seen the wavers in Fort Smith, AR

LT

[sea-tax]

Where's "my" wavers? Whassamatter with Arkansas having wavers? All the rest of you states have 'em -- where's ours? Redneck and 'baccy-chawin' we may be, but aren't we as deserving of garish stunts, spectacular hoopla, gorilla suits, and/or waving Lady Libertys as anybody else?

I demand a branch franchise in Dogpatch! I'm writin' my congressman/woman/person/whatever.

Hey BB the liberty office in my neck of the woods not only has a waver, but she holds a sign that reads-"fresh coffee and donuts-free". So the other day I was feeling hungry so I stopped by the Liberty office walked in and asked for some donuts & coffee. The person asked if I was ready to do my returns I replied no just hungry, besides I do income taxes myself. I then walked out and went back to work , with donuts & coffee in hand I might add.
I mean these Liberty offices are not all bad heck they provide a great community service "free coffee and donuts".
So BB you should write Liberty headquarters and ask them to open a franchise that way you can have free coffee and donuts as well.

[Black Bart]

Well...wait a minute.

Where's "my" wavers? Whassamatter with Arkansas having wavers? All the rest of you states have 'em -- where's ours? Redneck and 'baccy-chawin' we may be, but aren't we as deserving of garish stunts, spectacular hoopla, gorilla suits, and/or waving Lady Libertys as anybody else?

I demand a branch franchise in Dogpatch! I'm writin' my congressman/woman/person/whatever.

[jainen]

>>a nice green thing out side forbidding anyone to come in<<

I believe, sir, that the whole idea is that they do come inside and bring the green stuff with them.

[JG EA]

Original mind

Tigard, Oregon.


Give me your 1040EZ, Your 1040A
Your messed up files yearning to break free
The screwed up stock sales that make you poor
Efile these, direct deposit, and toss me a fee
I lift my TaxBook beside the front door

I congratulate you on an original thought in this dull dull dull time of finishing up these awful boring tax returns. I hate taxes, but will love them come 04/18/07. Right now I want to take these piles and piles of unfinished returns and say take this job ... wait I am self employed. What I wouldn't do for a nice green thing out side forbidding anyone to come in.

Any I digress, very clever indeed V.

[S T]

I have seen them

Yes, I have seen the "wavers" all dressed up in their "Liberty" suits in parts of Orange County, on street corners, in parking lots, etc!

They are very active this time of year!

Sandy

[veritas]

We have one in

Tigard, Oregon.


Give me your 1040EZ, Your 1040A
Your messed up files yearning to break free
The screwed up stock sales that make you poor
Efile these, direct deposit, and toss me a fee
I lift my TaxBook beside the front door

[geekgirldany]

They have a office here. Put in about two years ago... with H&R Block in the building right behind them I've seen the wavers also. Feel sorry for them when it is so cold and the wind is blowing.

[Chief]

Liberty Tax Service

In Largo, Florida, Liberty had their wavers. The City Commission forbad such actions in its sign ordinance. I have heard nothing more about Liberty. They do have offices here though.

[Jade06]

a monkey can do it!

Did the insurance people fire the lizard and the caveman yet? Because the J/H monkey might be a sure bet!

Jade!!
Disclaimer: :: my posts and thoughts are my own and typed as such not purposely aiming to harm anyone, however if I type something that bothers you..I offer only this.."I'm sorry" ::

[veritas]

So easy even

a monkey can do it!

[Jade06]

Every office is different no matter what company you are working for. Can I beleive that, that office was not prepared and should have been. Yes It was set up by humans which are unrelaible at best. I was stating what I know about Liberty, which was the idea of the opening thread.

[Zee]

I work at Liberty Tax Service. The difference is we are out there talking with people every day. Through our wavers. Yes, the tax book is at nearly every desk, and the software is on every computer. The pub 17 and the liberty tax books are also on every desk in software form. Another big difference is that most of the workers here have worked for our competitors for years. Experience is a must here. So is research, if one of us needs help we have loads of software, tax books, irs website as our browser homepage, zip code references in the form of postal service website, mapquest to research the milages our clients claim various reliable sources. And yes I too have waved!!

Jade!!

Jade-

All Liberty offices aren't the same. The experience levels vary by office. For example, I'm fully aware of one start-up office that had -zero- tax experience (yes, none...nada) on their staff (including the Manager). The staff received only the "quickie" course they offered because they were late finding office space, etc.

[taxmandan]

Actually he sold out to Cendant for a good chunk of change. He could not compete for a specified time and when the time ran out, he started Liberty.

Your comment as to how much he knows about taxes reminds me that shortly after the sale of the company, he ended up, if I remember correctly, having to pay many thousands of dollars to the IRS because of his mishandling of some type of sale on his personal return.

LT

I remember it well, in the summer of '97 JH stock rose from $2.12 in April to $48 by Aug when Cendent announced the purchase of JH. Talk about pumping a stock! Hewitt had a no compete clause so he went to Canada and started Liberty with the same business model as he had at JH. When the NC ran out, he started franchising Liberty here in the USA. Exact same biz model as JH, target the EITC, RAL crowd and use corny gimmicks to do it. Promise is that you can buy a franchise and not be a tax professional, then you hire at minimum wage and give them 8 hours of data entry training to input information from the customer. I wonder how long before Liberty hits the headlines with a fraud charge like JH has going right now?

[thomtax]

Correction

Actually he sold out to Cendant for a good chunk of change.
LT

Something that I should not do, is go by memory, especially at this time of the year. I had worked for them shortly before the sale and kept up for a while. Hewitt was no longer CEO of the company when it sold. After season, I plan to look up more info because I still think I read about how much money he got from the sale.

Technically, they did not sell to Cendant. The agreement was with another company that was merged with Cendant before the sale completed.

One thing that I find ironic, I think that Canada was one of the original strongholds for Liberty. I wonder how the Statue of Liberty goes over with them.

LT