Exhibit A
Tax Preparers work in Antioch
Antioch sits at the end of the BART line in east Contra Costa County, and the tax preparation demand here follows the same calendar as the rest of the country, with a heavy run from late January through the April filing deadline. The searches come from households filing simple returns, from self employed tradespeople along the Highway 4 corridor, and from small businesses on and around Somersville Road and Lone Tree Way. National chains and franchise offices take a share of that demand, and independent preparers and enrolled agents take the rest. The searches themselves are local and specific: people type the service, the city and sometimes the neighbourhood, and they compare two or three names before they call. That is the demand available in Antioch, and it is steady enough to support pages written for the city rather than for the trade in general.
