[2] Hewitt perceived a need for technological innovation within the tax industry and he left H&R Block in order to pursue that opportunity.
However, H&R Block was uninterested in the software, leading Hewitt to found a tax-preparation service that would exploit the efficiency of electronic tax preparation.
[2] In August 1982, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Hewitt and other investors acquired the six offices of a local tax-preparation company, Mel Jackson Tax Service.
According to Inc. Magazine, by 1992, Jackson Hewitt had attained a second place ranking within its industry and was one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.
[3] During Hewitt's tenure at Liberty Tax Service, he wrote and published the book iCompete: How My Extraordinary Strategy for Winning Can Be Yours (2016).
New York-based law firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom found that Hewitt had romantic relationships with at least 10 female employees that created a hostile work environment at the company, according to the complaint.
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