Article: HFS WILL PAY $480 MILLION FOR TAX SERVICE

SCOTT MORITZ, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-20-1997
HFS WILL PAY $480 MILLION FOR TAX SERVICE -- PREPARER HAS 2,000 OFFICES
By SCOTT MORITZ, Staff Writer
Date: 11-20-1997, Thursday
Section: BUSINESS
Edition: All Editions -- 4 Star, 3 Star Late, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star

Continuing a two-year buying spree of consumer-service companies,
HFS Inc. the Parsippany-based real estate and hospitality franchise
conglomerate, said Wednesday that it will pay $480 million in cash for
Jackson Hewitt Inc., the nation's second-largest tax-preparation
service.

Jackson Hewitt, based in Virginia Beach, Va., has nearly 2,000
offices, including 17 in New Jersey. The company, which has $31.4
million ...

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