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I am a single disabled father who is a stroke victim with a 4-year-old daughter. I bought a liberty tax office prior to my stroke. I was promised advertising technical support customer support and got absolutely nothing. They sell to vulnerable people promising unattainable income.
Myself and many others I met suffered the same. They force you to charge outrageous prices while taking all your income for high-interest loans and charges. They tell the public they are getting no interest loans but charge the franchise 200 to 300 dollars a piece for them and try to force you to add into the fees they then charge you royalties on those same fees. They intercept all your income forcing you to close so they can resale your territory again.. one local one was sold 4 times in 5 years and most offices have been sold over and over.. they were top-selling franchises for years but a number of franchisees nationally diminish every year because they sell the same territory over and over. i was lied too manipulated and used by them with lies no support whatsoever no advertising. Technical support you had to email and sometimes wait days for help.
You literally pay for nothing and they did not even provide you with contact numbers.. All correspondence with them was by email. They were literally taking every dime we made and the stress eventually caused my stroke. In 2019 liberty tax settled lawsuits for sexual harassment involving their founder John Hewitt.
They also settled a lawsuit filed by the IRS against them for committing fraud . They were also placed under third-party supervision by the IRS because of their actions. The suit made national news and was featured in Forbes. At that time I dropped them because I was on verge of bankruptcy because of them and could not afford to be associated with that kind of behavior. I named my new office Nattys after my daughter and was immediately sued by liberty and their high-dollar legal team. They have tried repeatedly to stop me from doing taxes and to take my office from me. I have been fighting against them for a year and half without a lawyer. Even though they opened a new office right across the street from me and even called my personal customers that have been with me 20 years and lied to them. trying to get them in their office. I bought liberty 5 years ago Based on lies and misrepresentations n dropped it 2 years ago. Being disabled this is all I can do and they are trying to take everything I have and stop me from working simply because I held them accountable for their actions and refused to be associated with their criminal behavior which is all addressed in Forbes magazine. It can be read simply by searching Forbes and liberty tax.
The lawsuit can also be read and shows their lengthy criminal activity. Those that leave them they Sue and have lawsuits against ex franchisees all across the country. They are criminals and take pride in charging low-income customers 500 to 600 a return and Bragg about it in meetings. Please do not be scammed into buying like I did and do not support criminals.