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Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of American Tax and Financial Group vs TaxAssist Accountants including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.
Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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Investment | $33,600 - $43,000 | $200,000 - And Up |
Franchise Fee | $15,000 | $49,950 |
Royalty Fee | 10% | - |
Advertising Fee | - | - |
Year Founded | 1997 | 1995 |
Year Franchised | 2003 | 1996 |
Term Of Agreement | 5 years | 5 years |
Term Of Agreement | 5 years | 5 years |
Renewal Fee | $2.5K | - |
Business Experience Requirements |
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Experience | - | |
Financing Options |
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In-House/3rd Party | In-House/3rd Party | |
Franchise Fees | Yes/No | -/- |
Start-up Costs | No/No | -/- |
Equipment | No/No | -/- |
Inventory | No/No | -/- |
Receivables | No/No | -/- |
Payroll | No/No | -/- |
Training & Support |
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Training | - | - |
Support | Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations | - |
Marketing | Ad slicks, Regional advertising | - |
Operations |
Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. | - |
Expansion Plans |
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US Expansion | - | - |
Canada Expansion | No | - |
International Expansion | No | - |
American Tax and Financial Group was founded in 1997 in Dallas, Texas by Calvin Dale Brown II, as a sole proprietor certified public accounting firm. The Company had very humble beginnings. With no more than $700 and a dream, Mr. Brown secured a lease on a small office, measuring about 120 square feet, and the practice was born. The first full year of business, the practice grossed about $35,000, mainly providing income tax services, including electronic filing, to individual taxpayers. Year two saw an increase in revenues from business services, as well as more tax clients, and revenue doubled to about $70,000. After just three years in business, the practice was grossing about $100,000 annually. Over the next three years, Mr. Brown continued to run and grow the practice. After 6 years of running a local CPA firm, it was now time, and the decision was made, to expand the practice nationally, and American Tax and Financial Group was born. Mr. Browns vision for the Company is for it to be Americas leading and premier financial services company, offering tax, comprehensive financial, and business services to the American public through a nationwide group of Certified Public Accountants and trained tax professionals (independent franchisees).
TaxAssist Accountants have developed an innovative business model that allows our franchisees to focus on a lucrative market of potential clients.
The proven business model of TaxAssist Accountants is straightforward - take on hundreds of small business clients with relatively uncomplicated accounting, tax and advisory work while being based in visible, accessible and welcoming shop front premises.
By servicing the needs of small businesses, subcontractors and the self-employed, as a franchisee you can focus on a group of clients who have traditionally been neglected.
Concentrating on the needs of small business clients can offer time-management advantages and through our training and judicious use of our support functions, you can also provide first-class services to your client base.
The TaxAssist Accountants franchise model is based on very simple principles. By servicing the needs of small businesses, subcontractors and the self-employed, our franchisees can focus on a set of clients that have traditionally been neglected. Keeping to the smaller client can offer time-management advantages to the franchisee and through our training and judicious use of our support functions, the franchisees can also provide first class service to their client base. Our aim is to strengthen our network with franchisees that follow our business development strategies in order to build a sizeable accountancy practice. These strategies are based on best practice and powerful marketing techniques that can accelerate the growth of each franchisee's business. Initially, franchisees are likely to spend at least 50% of their time on business development activities, with the view to spending 100% of their time attracting new clients, managing customer relationships and leading a team of staff members - the goal is to work on the business rather than in it. With ten years experience behind us, we have actively evolved our support infrastructure to enable franchisees to build their businesses in a commercially dynamic way.