Date: 2012-06-01
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (June 1, 2012) – Jackson
Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (“Jackson Hewitt”), the nation’s second largest tax
preparation firm, today announced
that it has entered into an agreement with Matrix Learning Inc. (dba ExamMatrix),
which will make the ExamMatrix Registered Tax Return Preparer (“RTRP”) Exam
Review course available to the more than 25,000 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service® tax professionals nationwide.
The RTRP Exam is an Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) mandated exam that tax professionals are required to
pass by December 31, 2013, unless they are already a Certified Public Accountant,
IRS Enrolled Agent or attorney.
“At Jackson Hewitt, our tax preparers are the cornerstone of our
business, and the tax training programs and competency testing we provide
these valued employees ensures the delivery of quality, accurate tax
preparation service to our clients,” said Philip H. Sanford, president and
chief executive officer of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. “As our tax
preparers get ready to test under the new IRS certification requirements, we
are pleased to expand our relationship with ExamMatrix to add their Registered
Tax Return Preparer Exam Review course to our existing training curriculum. ExamMatrix
has provided our system with their IRS Enrolled Agent training course for the
past six years, a course that has been well received by our tax preparers who
have trained and tested for this certification.”
“We are very pleased to have Jackson Hewitt choose us to fulfill
this critical RTRP certification training need,” said Sean Mullen, chief
executive officer of ExamMatrix. “ExamMatrix and Jackson Hewitt have had an
excellent partnership, and this agreement demonstrates Jackson Hewitt’s ongoing
commitment to, and high standards for, the training and continuing education of
all of its tax professionals.”
“After studying various RTRP Exam Review options, we chose the
ExamMatrix RTRP Exam Review for our tax professionals,” said Barbara Jordan,
chief learning officer of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. “The ExamMatrix
course not only does a great job of teaching students the tax content tested on
the RTRP Exam, but it also is designed in a manner that makes the student a
better test taker. This unique feature is important for tax professionals who may
have years of tax preparation experience, but also may be years removed from
having taken their last standardized certification exam. We look forward to
integrating the ExamMatrix course into our overall extensive tax preparer
training curriculum.”
About
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.
Based in Parsippany, NJ, Jackson
Hewitt Tax Service Inc. is an industry-leading provider of full service
individual federal and state income tax preparation, with nearly 6,500
franchised and company-owned locations throughout the United States, including
2,800 located in Walmart stores nationwide, in the 2012 tax season. Jackson
Hewitt Tax Service® also
offers an online tax preparation product at www.jacksonhewittonline.com. For
more information, or to locate your neighborhood Jackson Hewitt® office, visit www.jacksonhewitt.com or call 1-800-234-1040.
Jackson Hewitt can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
About
ExamMatrix
ExamMatrix
is a leading provider of computer-based test prep courses utilizing adaptive
learning technology. The company offers exam preparation for the Certified
Public Accountant, IRS Enrolled Agent, Registered Tax Return Preparer,
Certified Management Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified
Systems Auditor Exams. In addition, ExamMatrix’s course technology is used in private
label courses for college admissions exams such as the SAT and ACT.
Contacts:
David G.
Weselcouch
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.
(973) 630-0809
david.weselcouch@jtax.com
Melissa
Connerton
CooperKatz
& Company
(917)
595-3039
mconnerton@cooperkatz.com
Barry Schapiro
ExamMatrix
(303) 468-7959
barry.schapiro@exammatrix.com
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