Tax franchises

The tax prep giant will cover books, course materials and tuition.

Liberty Tax Inc. shares climbed as much as 28 percent, the most in more than six years, after founder John Hewitt agreed to sever ties with the company and sell all of his shares following a sex scandal that had already cost him his job as chief executive officer.

The service will help taxpayers manage the new withholding tables.

The education provider offers courses about the complexities of accounting and taxation of digital currencies such as bitcoin and ethereum.

Warnings about the impact of tax reform apparently haven’t made much of a difference.

The tax prep chain foresees fewer customers coming in to have their returns prepared as a result of the new tax law.

The tax prep chain is one company that's not happy with the Trump tax cuts.

The tax prep giant notes that charitable donations often rise toward the end of the year.