Smart Tax's Harlem Franchisee, Kevin Jimenez, Featured in Harlem Business News

Smart Tax's Harlem franchisee, Kevin Jimenez, was recently featured in the Harlem Business News. The article delved into Jimenez's entrepreneur story and the new Smart Tax location will bring to the community. Below you will find a portion of the article as well as a link to read the complete story online.

Local Partnering Fuels Smart Tax Franchise's Growth

While many businesses are slowing down due to the rocky economic climate, Smart Tax franchise, a newly launched 10-unit tax preparation concept, is just starting to speed-up.

Smart Tax is a step above the competition by offering quicker returns, better services and is expanding rapidly, now opening its newest location in East Harlem at 1799 Lexington Avenue.

"I never thought about owning my own business until I discovered Smart Tax, with a low start up cost and a strong system in place, it is just such a great brand, I jumped at the opportunity to open one of my own locations," said Kevin Jimenez, first-time business owner and franchisee of the East Harlem location.

Jimenez, who is just 28-years old, was introduced to Smart Tax as an employee first, where he began working at one of Nick Rizzi's, CEO and founder, Smart Tax locations. He learned about the growing brand and how the tax preparation industry worked.

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Franchisee Spotlight: Megan Savitsky, owner of Houston Smart Tax Location

Each week, we will highlight some of our newest franchisees to celebrate them joining the Smart Tax team. This week we welcome Megan Savitsky, Smart Tax's youngest franchisee.

20-year old Entrepreneur Opens Smart Tax, Step-Above Tax Preparation Services in Houston

BROOKLYN, NY – While many businesses are slowing down due to the rocky economic climate, Smart Tax franchise, a newly launched 10-unit tax preparation concept, is just starting to speed up. Smart Tax is a step above the competition by offering quicker returns, better services and is expanding rapidly, now opening its newest location in Houston at 13423 Woodforest Blvd.

“I have always been interested in the tax field, as I have been doing my own taxes for the past two years. When I learned about Smart Tax, I knew it was an opportunity that I couldn’t pass-up,” said Megan Savitsky, 20-year old, first-time business owner and Smart Tax franchisee of the Houston location.

Megan was initially introduced to Smart Tax by her father, Richard, whose long-time friend is a multi-unit franchisee of Smart Tax. Megan had heard so many great things about the concept of Smart Tax and became very interested in the idea. Megan, who is just 20-years old and a full-time nursing student at San Jacinto College, has the future goal of developing Smart Tax throughout the Houston region and eventually throughout all of Texas.

“I am only 20 years old and I get to be my own boss and expand a fresh new concept to my community here in Houston,” said Savitsky, who was inspired by Nick Rizzi’s entrepreneur story and decided to jump on board as another young, passionate member of the Smart Tax team.

CEO and Founder Nick Rizzi grew Smart Tax into four small successful locations, after launching his first location as a 29-year old entrepreneur using his life savings and a credit card. Rizzi created his concept a step above the competition by offering quicker returns and better services.

Despite the economic climate and people cutting back on spending, tax returns is one appointment people can look forward to every year—and people can get their taxes processed at Smart Tax in as quickly as an hour for a very low cost.

“I wanted to create a system one-step ahead of competition and provide a service that our customers valued in each community we enter,” said Rizzi, noting he plans to have 100 locations by January 1, 2012. “As a young, driven entrepreneur, Megan Savitsky is a great addition to the Smart Tax team, one who will serve as a strong asset in growing our brand throughout the Houston region.”

Smart Tax Featured in Brooklyn Downtown Star and Greenpoint Star

Tax season has officially begun and we are excited here at Smart Tax to jump in head-first and start preparing our customers taxes. Smart Tax, which started out as an idea, has now taken the next step as a franchise concept and we are growing and preparing to launch the tax season with each of our communities. Smart Tax was also just featured in the Brooklyn Downtown Star and the Greenpoint Star about our growth in the region and how Smart Tax came to be what it is today. Below you will find a section of the article and a link to the full article on the website.


On The Record: Nick Rizzi, CEO/Founder of Smart Tax
by Holly Tsang

Nick Rizzi works himself to the bone for three or four months, and then for the remainder of the year, he’s pretty much free to come and go as he pleases. What does he do for a living? Why, he’s an accountant, of course.

He actually started out as a financial planner at a bank, but people were often asking him how certain decisions were going to affect their taxes, so he decided to take some basic tax preparation classes.

It turned out to be something he really liked, and Rizzi realized he could actually make a living doing it.

“Although it might seem boring doing a tax return, you see all the changes going on in your clients’ lives. You celebrate things like people buying a house or having a child,” he said.

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