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Jackson Hewitt has a 1.5 star rating from 226 reviews; consumers are mostly dissatisfied with high prices, billing and reliability, and frequent service failures.

Key Takeaways for Future Customers

  • Check Jackson Hewitt reviews and compare upfront pricing before booking.
  • Expect potential delays contacting customer service and confirm refund or advance terms in writing.
  • Bring complete documents and verify preparer competence during the appointment.

Negative Feedback / Risk Areas

  • Repeated billing and overcharge complaints and difficulty obtaining refunds.
  • Poor customer service and management responsiveness across locations.
  • Mistakes on returns, lost documents, and reports of fraudulent or incorrect filings.

Positive Feedback

Some customers note a useful refund advance option, convenient locations, and occasional competent tax preparers.

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Anonymous
map-marker Sarasota, Florida

Checking on pricing for tax forms I paid for.

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I feel that a $500 charge was too much. We did get a senior discount but still had to pay $386. Last year we paid only $250 to H&R Block.

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Angeline V Xgh

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| map-marker North Las Vegas, Nevada

Poor management

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First and foremost, I want to express my disappointment with the service at this location this year, and it is only the beginning of the holiday refund advance season. Let me get straight to the point.

I received a call on Friday to confirm my 9:00 a.m. appointment on Saturday, December 13th. I waited in front of the office for at least an hour. This location is at 4770 West Ann Road, Ste 2, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89031.

I called the number listed on the website and spoke to a lady named Charlie at the Rancho location. She said the tax preparers were running late but would be there soon.

There were four of us customers waiting outside. Eventually, I saw Tika arriveshe was not scheduled to work that day, but I want to mention that she was an excellent employee last year. She kindly opened the office and logged into her computer, but was unable to access her Jackson Hewitt account.

She called her manager, Pam, who asked to be put on speakerphone so everyone could hear. I expressed my frustration to Pam, the manager. Pam told Tika to send us to the Rancho location, which made no sense to me. If we had appointments, someone should have been there to assist us.

Pam apologized and said there was a family emergency with one of the tax preparers.

However, I found her to be very rude and unsympathetic, as if our concerns were not important. As a manager, she should have called us in advance and arranged to cover the appointments. Instead, she acted as though we were bothering her.

I have been a loyal customer for many years, but the service has gone downhill this year, especially under this manager, Pam.

It is disappointing to see such a decline at Jackson Hewitt. My family, friends, and Iabout ten of uswill no longer come here due to the poor service and unacceptable management.

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Cons:
  • Bad customer service

Preferred solution: Apology

User's recommendation: BEWARE OF PAM THE MANAGER

4 comments
Dontrel Qzg

There was a family emergency. If anyone is unsympathetic, it is YOU., What part of "family emergency" for one of the tax preparers do you not understand?

Telling you something you do not want to hear is not the same as being rude, kiddo.

In an emergency, you cannot always call in advance, kiddo. Do you really think that your family and friends no longer going there will make them go out of business, kiddo?

Guest

When do you think this emergency-ridden tax preparer called off? 36 hours prior?

And no, none of your friends/family will go elsewhere. They will all line up to get their cash advances with the rest of the deadbeats getting far more back than they paid into the system.

Guest
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Nobody called off!!! The lady Tika who works there was supposed to be working and she did not get called in and it was a lie Pam made up. Let me tell you just and fyi my friends and family are not going there because they are already scheduled with liberty and they make dam good money and out in the system

Guest
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first of all, you must not listen to my message Chica the girl that came and opened the door for us. She was nice enough to open the door.

She was not on the schedule. She was coming by seeing us and she’s the only one that runs that store Tika she could not get in her password cause she was locked out, but she was also not scheduled that nobody was scheduled she said now do you get it?

There was no family emergency the girl Tico that owned it or should I say not own it works there seen us all standing outside now. What more can you not get?

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Anonymous
map-marker Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Manager mr bob weller seems to refuse to address my phone calls very poor customer service on his part after lieing to review tax prep cost after many attemps on my part

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unresolved manager has not reached out to me to resolve issue very poor management skills and customer service on his part

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User's recommendation: don't trust them they lie

Anonymous
map-marker Tallahassee, Florida

Will NEVER go to Jackson Hewitt again.!!! The employee did not know her job!!Because of her ignorance and incompetence we were cheated out of $ 28000.JH refuses to take responsibility for their screw

Because of the employees ignorance, we were cheated out of $28000!!!

Now, JH refuses to take responsibility for their actions!!!

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Annie H Plp

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This young lady was awesome very informative thank you again

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Jackson Hewitt - This young lady was awesome very informative thank you again

I was a little late she was understanding explain everything to me in detail wonderful tax preparer.

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User's recommendation: Yes if I know anyone I would receive Jackson Hewitt

Trona W Hrr

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Didn't receive my referral bonus

They put the wrong email, so the lady said I will be receiving a check. I never received it.

I have been waiting very patiently.

Please send me my check. Thank you, Trona Walker.

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User's recommendation: Send me my check

Deborah M Btz

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I am livid

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Rosenberg, Walmart Jackson Hewitt.. different person each time..they did not submit my healthcare.gov forms..or my W2 forms from caregiving and Walmart...the people lost my packet they were to give me with my w2s in it and 1099.

Where is my personal papers with all my private information on them. I feel violated and I am so so livid

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User's recommendation: Do not go thru what I did

Anonymous
map-marker Fort Collins, Colorado

No results

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JH failed to file my taxes 2023 and I was due a Tabor refund and they said they would refund since I couldnt get it and now I keep getting the run around.. never again will I file with these ppl ever

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User's recommendation: HR block

Eartis B

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Appointment not hornor

Jackson Hewitt - Appointment not hornor

I made an appointment at 6000 Ogeechee Road and arrived early, only to be told that I didn't have an appointment with only one tax preparer. I couldn't contact customer service.

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Pros:
  • Convenient location
Cons:
  • Only one worker

Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Don’t trust online appointments

1 comment
Guest

Only the dumbest of the dumb go to a kiosk inside of a store to get their taxes done. You deserve what ever you get.

Natalina Sjk

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Never got tax documents at time of preparation

I am scared about not getting the actual information at the time they are supposed to give them to me

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MARIAELENA M Ifo

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AGENT WHO KNOW FORMS RECOGNITIONS TO THE SCIENCES OF THE EARTH SCIENCES OF MAN ON THE EARTH JOB DUTIESEE

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I have never been paid in regards to the job duties the Sciences FBI air chief gives to employees about the Sciences administrations. If the Sciences is recognized onto the United States gravity terms administrations, then the main problem is the types of disregarding legal motions these persons take when refunds/payments come through mail systems rather than direct deposits from companies' computers.

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Loss:
$50000
Pros:
  • Are serious accomplishers
Cons:
  • No recognition for science jobs

Preferred solution: Full refund

Anonymous
map-marker Ormond Beach, Florida

Representative as not knowledgeable.

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The representative as not knowledgeable and had to call for assistance through my entire experience. In addition I was told I could not use the 1098-T tax form when I filed even though I was claiming my college student because I was filing separately/married.

I had to go back later to finish my return and the agent kept having me write my personal information down on scrap paper! Finally, the charges for the return being filed by JH were far more than I have ever paid elsewhere. Outrageous.

I feel I was over charged and that my taxes may not have been done properly not to mention securely with being asked to write information down in a kiosk location. I will never use JH again and tell anyone who asks not to use this provider.

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User's recommendation: My recommendation is NOT to use JH.

Lalita Uvy

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Why does it seem that no one is concerned about a...

Updated by user Apr 23, 2025

The company followed up to my scathing Google review and encouraged me to contact them. I contacted them and was met with the more disingenuous, uninspired, circular reasoning that prompted the rightfully deserved Google review. I believe it was a BOT who responded and bottom line, there was no resolution to the concerns I voiced.

Original review Apr 08, 2025

Why does it seem that no one is concerned about a recent negative experience I had with a "tax professional"?

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I had a very traumatic and degrading experience with them also

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Anonymous
map-marker Ashburn, Virginia

Their special price ended up costing over $400 more

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The tax preparer told us the price of doing our federal senior short form taxes would cost $149 with an additional $70 to send out our state income tax forms. We had him send our forms out electronically to the appropriate government agencies.

A week later we get a deposit in our bank account ( not from the government but an institution called Republic bank) over $400 LESS than we were expected. We could not contact to talk to anybody about this discrepancy, the false advertising plus the transparency of fees. We were given a phone number that was never picked up but rather put in a maze of phone prompts and then back to the main menu. We are still looking for help with no results.

Facebook had similar complaints about Jackson Hewitt tax services but noticed many were deleted as well as mine.

Im not sure how this company has received five stars to me. It should be criminal how they run the business.

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User's recommendation: please talk to anyone other than Jackson Hewitt and believing their advertising because everything is false. You will definitely be sorry you ever crossed paths with this company.

Anonymous
map-marker Newnan, Georgia

Very unprofessional did not do taxes right I found the problem after 2 hour on the phone with IRS

Had the taxes done and they made mistakes on the taxes and ITS rejected it called IRS for two days and I found the problem and called them they neve reached out to me about it . Not good payed $314 and I found the problem I would like some compensation for this and my time / Nadrealyn her number 404-971-**** is she gave me the run around she is out of union city Georgia my number is +146******** Jackie Gleason of Newnan GA

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User's recommendation: Beware look around for other Tax advisers

Anonymous
map-marker Argyle, Texas

Extremely disappointed

Had an appointment for 6:00 had to wait till 7:30 and then the guy takes two personal phone calls while dealing with us completely unacceptable worst service ever only did this cuz my wife thought it was a good idea I will never use Jackson Hewitt I should get a refund for the $75 consultation fee my wife paid because I sure would have not most unprofessional this man should be fired wish I'd take a picture of what he was even wearing what a joke can't even look professional at work this was actual Kilgore Texas location

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User's recommendation: Absolutely not

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Summary

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc. is a company that deals with tax refunds for customers. The company was established in 1960 and it is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. Since 1986 Jackson Hewitt has been selling franchises. The company is one of the leading tax preparers in the United States, namely the second large. Jackson Hewitt Company provides a variety of financial products, among them refund anticipation loan, accelerated check refund, assisted direct deposit, Jackson Hewitt cash card and many other services. In 2007 a class action lawsuit was filed against the company's fraudulent activities such as filing false returns and claiming fake fuel tax credits.

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Jackson Hewitt is ranked 28 out of 186 in Taxes category

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