FILING · MN · 2024 FDD · 1+ YEAR OLD
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2024
The FDD is the 23-item legal disclosure every U.S. franchisor must hand you at least 14 days before you sign or pay anything (FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR 436). JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE's most recent FDD tracked here is the 2024 FDD · 1+ year old, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Registration-state filings are public records, so you can read it free, with no sign-up.
PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2024 · SOURCE STATE MN
| ITEM 5 | Initial franchise fee | $50,000 |
| ITEM 6 | Ongoing royalty | 15.0% of gross sales |
| ITEM 7 | Total initial investment | $96K–$128K |
| ITEM 19 | Earnings disclosure (FPR) | Yes — financial performance representation made |
| ITEM 20 | Outlets (fiscal 2024) | 2,981 franchised at year end · 139 exits (exit rate 4.5%, fiscal 2024) |
The headline figure is Average Gross Volume of Business (All Offices) for FY ended Apr 30, 2024, for 2,855 of 2,981 units, leaving out no activity during 2024 Tax Season, not operated at least one Tax Season before 2024, company-owned. The mean is 35% above the median, so a minority of high-volume units pulls the average up. It shows no costs, so it says nothing about what an owner keeps.
Graded on three things the filing states: coverage (2 points if the figure covers at least 75% of the units it is compared with, 1 point for 50–75%), centre (2 points if it prints both a median and a mean, 1 for one of them), and costs (2 points for costs through a profit line or full cost detail, 1 for some cost items). 5–6 points = More complete, 3–4 = Partial, 0–2 = Limited. The grade describes the disclosure, not the business.
| What is measured | Average Gross Volume of Business (All Offices) (revenue) |
| Period | FY ended Apr 30, 2024 |
| Whose results | Franchised outlets |
| Units included | 2,855 of 2,981 franchised offices active as of April 15, 2024 |
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| Average (mean) | $118K |
| Median | $88K |
| Mean vs median | mean 34.6% above median |
| Met or beat the average | 1,052 (36.8%) |
| Costs shown | None — sales only |
| Where | p. 50 (Item 19 runs pp. 49–51) |
| The filing's words | “the 2,855 franchised Jackson Hewitt offices that were reported on our system as active and having been operating for at least one Tax Season prior to the 2024 Tax Season (the "2024 Covered Offices")” |
Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2024 JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE FDD as filed (figures are not individually checked by a person) and links back to that document. Fields that could not be extracted are omitted; no figure here is estimated. Extraction errors are possible: the filing controls, and FDDs are reissued annually; verify against the current issuance before relying on any number. Spotted an error? Franchisors and owners can report it via the contact on our Terms page.
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE FDD questions, answered
Where can I download the JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE FDD for free?
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document is a public record, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). It can be downloaded free from the source link on this page — no broker form, no email signup required.
What year is JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE's most recent FDD on file?
The most recent JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE FDD tracked here is the 2024 FDD · 1+ year old, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Franchisors must update their FDD annually; confirm you are reading the current issuance before signing.
Does JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?
Yes — JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2024 FDD. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.
What does JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE's FDD Item 20 show?
In fiscal 2024, JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE ended with 2,981 franchised outlets; 139 of 3,092 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 4.5%, fiscal 2024) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".
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