Why is Liberty a Better
Franchise Opportunity?
- Our CEO,
John T. Hewitt, has 33 years of income tax
industry experience. Hewitt was with H&R
Block during an explosive growth period when the
company office count went from 4,349 to 9,076. As
the Founder and CEO of Jackson Hewitt Tax
Service, John grew the organization to 1340
locations in less than 15 years. Hewitt is also
the co-founder (with his father Dan Hewitt) of
Hewtax, a progressive decision tree software,
that was the cornerstone of the tax industry
revolution.
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The
officers of the company have a combined 100 years
of experience in the income tax industry-mostly
with Jackson Hewitt and Liberty.
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Liberty Tax
Service® offers interested individuals the
advantage of low start-up costs. Most offices can
open with under $35,000 in operating capital.
- We have the
#1 corporate culture in the industry. We are
setting the standard and constantly improving and
all the while we’re having fun. We
treat our employees and franchisees as
partners. We listen!!
- "Try
Before You Buy." Come and work for us and
see what it’s all about.
- We’re
the fastest growing company ever in the industry.
- Our
influence is present in both the United States
and Canada. In Canada we are already 20% the size
of H&R Block.
http://www.libertytax.com
Work-at-Home Schemes
Be
part of one of America's Fastest Growing Industries!
Earn thousand of dollars a month - from your home -
Processing Medical Billing Claims.
You can
find ads like this everywhere - from the street light and
telephone pole on your corner to your newspaper and PC.
While you may find these ads appealing, especially if you
can't work outside your home, proceed with caution. Not
all work-at-home opportunities deliver on their promises.
Many ads omit the fact
that you may have to work many hours without pay. Or they
don't disclose all the costs you will have to pay.
Countless work-at-home schemes require you to spend your
own money to place newspaper ads; make photocopies; or
buy the envelopes, paper, stamps, and other supplies or
equipment you need to do the job. The companies
sponsoring the ads also may demand that you pay for
instructions or "tutorial" software. Consumers
deceived by these ads have lost thousands of dollars, in
addition to their time and energy.
Classic Work-at-Home
Schemes
Several types of offers are classic work-at-home schemes.
Medical billing.
Ads for pre-packaged businesses - known as billing
centers - are in newspapers, on television and on the
Internet. If you respond, you'll get a sales pitch that
may sound something like this: There's "a
crisis" in the health care system, due partly to the
overwhelming task of processing paper claims. The
solution is electronic claim processing. Because only a
small percentage of claims are transmitted
electronically, the market for billing centers is wide
open.
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Work-at-Home Schemes (continued)
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The promoter also may
tell you that many doctors who process claims
electronically want to "outsource" or
contract out their billing services to save
money. Promoters will promise that you can earn a
substantial income working full or part time,
providing services like billing, accounts
receivable, electronic insurance claim processing
and practice management to doctors and dentists.
They also may assure you that no experience is
required, that they will provide clients eager to
buy your services or that their qualified
salespeople will find clients for you.
The reality: you will
have to sell. These promoters rarely provide
experienced sales staff or contacts within the
medical community.
The promoter will
follow up by sending you materials that typically
include a brochure, application, sample diskettes, a
contract (licensing agreement), disclosure document,
and in some cases, testimonial letters,
videocassettes and reference lists. For your
investment of $2,000 to $8,000, a promoter will
promise software, training and technical support. And
the company will encourage you to call its
references. Make sure you get many names from which
to chose. If only one or two names are given, they
may be "shills" - people hired to give
favorable testimonials. It's best to interview people
in person, preferably where the business operates, to
reduce your risk of being mislead by shills and also
to get a better sense of how the business works.
Few consumers who
purchase a medical billing business opportunity are
able to find clients, start a business and generate
revenues - let alone recover their investment and
earn a substantial income. Competition in the medical
billing market is fierce and revolves around a number
of large and well-established firms.
Envelope
stuffing. Promoters usually advertise that,
for a "small" fee, they will tell you how
to earn money stuffing envelopes at home. Later -
when it's too late - you find out that the promoter
never had any employment to offer. Instead, for your
fee, you're likely to get a letter telling you to
place the same "envelope-stuffing" ad in
newspapers or magazines, or to send the ad to friends
and relatives. The only way you'll earn money is if
people respond to your work-at-home ad.
Assembly or
craft work. These programs often require you
to invest hundreds of dollars in equipment or
supplies. Or they require you to spend many hours
producing goods for a company that has promised to
buy them. For example, you might have to buy a sewing
or sign-making machine from the company, or materials
to make items like aprons, baby shoes or plastic
signs. However, after you've purchased the supplies
or equipment and performed the work, fraudulent
operators don't pay you. In fact, many consumers have
had companies refuse to pay for their work because it
didn't meet "quality standards."
Unfortunately, no work
is ever "up to standard," leaving workers
with relatively expensive equipment and supplies -
and no income. To sell their goods, these workers
must find their own customers.
Questions to Ask
Legitimate work-at-home program sponsors should tell you
- in writing - what's involved in the program they are
selling. Here are some questions you might ask a
promoter:
- What tasks will I
have to perform? (Ask the program sponsor to list
every step of the job.)
- Will I be paid a
salary or will my pay be based on commission?
- Who will pay me?
- When will I get my
first paycheck?
- What is the total
cost of the work-at-home program, including
supplies, equipment and membership fees? What
will I get for my money?
The answers to these
questions may help you determine whether a work-at-home
program is appropriate for your circumstances, and
whether it is legitimate.
You also might want to
check out the company with your local consumer protection
agency, state Attorney General and the Better Business
Bureau, not only where the company is located, but also
where you live. These organizations can tell you whether
they have received complaints about the work-at-home
program that interests you. But be wary: the absence of
complaints doesn't necessarily mean the company is
legitimate. Unscrupulous companies may settle complaints,
change their names or move to avoid detection.
File a complaint online at
www.ftc.gov or call toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP
(1-877-382-4357).
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