Face to Watch

Many happy returns to Matthew Leder '97, whose online tax-preparation and filingservice, ezTaxReturn.com,processed more than 10,000individual returns in its first taxseason. While the dot-comeconomy was bombing, thecompany Leder started with hisfather in Mineola, New York, hitthe jackpot when the IRS approved ezTaxReturn.com as anofficial e-filing site. EzTaxReturn.com appeared online lastJanuary and logged 11,084 visitors its first day. "I was not at allprepared for the first 24 hours,"he says. The site's simplicitysells. With its easy questionand-answer approach—no forms or software to download—"ezTaxReturn.com is a quick, easy program for the average American," says Leder.He charges $24.95 to assemblethose answers and e-mail themto the IRS.