Smart Tax featured in the Queens Tribune

Smart Tax was just featured in the Queens Tribune in an article about Smart Tax’s week of free taxes for a very deserving group on individuals. To honor the true heroes in our community, Smart Tax is offering volunteer and full-time Fire Fighters FREE taxes for one full week at participating locations. To give back to a group who protects the members of the communities of Queens and all over New York, the brand wanted to do its part and support this group of community members. Elmhurst Smart Tax Franchisee, Joe Fontana is also a volunteer Fire Fighter and this offering is especially meaningful for him. He is passionate about supporting his fellow Fire Fighters and the entire Smart Tax franchise is supporting him as well. You can view the full article by clicking here! Scroll down to page three to see the article on Smart Tax.

Smart Tax at Queens Center Mall Is Offering Free Tax Returns For Volunteer And Full-Time Fire Fighters For 1 Full Week

Queens business owner and volunteer fire fighter, Joe Fontana, is launching a new initiative for the Smart Tax brand. Smart Tax will be offering free tax returns for volunteer and full-time fire fighters for 1 full week. As true hero’s in the community, Fontana and the Smart Tax family feel that this group of devoted community members should be honored and rewarded for their efforts. Beginning this Friday, February 25th, to Friday, March 4th any fire fighter can come into the Smart Tax office in Elmhurst (Queens Center Mall) and other participating locations for free tax returns.

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Smart Tax featured in Franchise Times Magazine

Jorge Quintana, the franchisee featured in the Franchise Times
article, at work in his Queensbridge Smart Tax Location

Smart Tax featured in Life Insurance Selling

Recently, Smart Tax was featured in the magazine Life Insurance Selling, which focuses on trends in the financial and insurance industries. Smart Tax’s Vice President of Franchise Development and Queens Franchisee, Joseph Fontana, wrote an article for the publication about his experiences in expanding his portfolio and adding taxes. As a long-time financial planner and insurance broker, Fontana most recently became a tax preparation business owner as well, which has allowed him to offer a whole new service to his clients. Finding that taxes, unlike some other financial services, were recession-proof, Fontana has found a profitable business model to service his clients and create a stronger, trusting relationship with his clients. In the article, Fontana shares his experience and offers advice to other insurance brokers looking to make the leap into tax preparation. Click here to view the full article!

Breaking Into Tax Preparation
By JOSEPH FONTANA

I was a financial advisor for 17 years, working with my clients to provide a wide range of services including life insurance, accident insurance, health insurance as well as mutual funds, stocks and bonds. At the time, I was working at a bank in Brooklyn, where I provided services to my clients through this channel.

Throughout my life, I always dreamed of owning my own business and servicing my clients with a more personal and customized relationship. In light of the prolonged economic crisis, specifically following 9/11, and the changes our industry was going through, I saw my career coming to an inevitable end. Interest rates were increasing, and people were not investing. Even right now, there are trillions of dollars sitting in the money market that people are not investing.

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Smart Tax featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press

Recently, Smart Tax was featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press in an article entitled "Chattanooga franchises let entrepreneurs focus on business operations." The article is about launching a business in the current economic climate and why franchising is often an attractive method for business ownership. In the article, Nick Rizzi, CEO of Smart Tax, discusses the tremendous growth potential for Smart Tax in the Chattanooga market and the ability to run a profitable tax preparation business. Rizzi discusses the low cost of entrance for opening a Smart Tax in which the business can be up and running for as low as $20,000. This low start up cost has allowed Smart Tax to expand incredibly fast, tripling in size over the past year despite the economic climate. Click here to view the article in its entirety.

Chattanooga franchises let entrepreneurs focus on business operations
By ELLIS SMITH
February 2, 2011

Starting a small business is risky.

With one bad decision, an entrepreneur could watch his entire savings go down the tubes in a matter of days.

Only 50 percent of small businesses survive more than five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, a statistic that has some potential business owners searching for safer alternatives.

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Smart Tax featured in The Bergen Record

Smart Tax was recently featured in The Bergen Record about its development plans in the North Jersey region, and its new openings in Lodi and Kearney. The article discusses the Smart Tax brand and how it is a low-cost investment business opportunity, as well as the company's new presence in the region. Despite the economic climate, Smart Tax has tripled in size and is continuing to grow with driven entrepreneurs who are able to take advantage of the low start-up costs and tremendous growth potential that Smart Tax provides. Click here to view the article in its entirety!

New tax preparation chain sees potential for many returns in North Jersey
By JOAN VERDON

A new tax preparation company has targeted North Jersey as a potential growth market, with locations in downtowns and in a discount store in Lodi.

Smart Tax, a four-year-old company with 29 locations and big expansion plans, opened this month in Kearny and inside the National Wholesale Liquidators store in Lodi. The Brooklyn-based chain is hoping to create a niche as the lower-priced alternative to tax preparation giants H&R Block and Parsippany-based Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, both for taxpayers and potential franchisees.

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