Management

JK Harris President and CEO

Our Founder

John K. Harris

John K. Harris | Chairman, President & CEO

John K. Harris was born in Charleston, SC, on June 16, 1953, He grew up on a dairy farm on the outskirts of St. Stephen, a little town located in northern Berkeley County, SC. His mother was a schoolteacher for all of her working life, and his father worked for the Federal Government and is currently retired and lives on Lake Moultrie, just north of Moncks Corner, SC.

Mr. Harris attended Carlisle Military School in Bamberg, SC, where he played basketball and baseball and graduated as Salutatorian of his class. After Carlisle, he attended the University of South Carolina and graduated cum laude in 1976 with a degree in History and Political Science. He then received his Master's Degree in Accounting from South Carolina in 1977.

After finishing college, Mr. Harris worked as a Staff Accountant with a firm (Haskins & Sells) which is known today as, DeloitteToucheTomatsua, Certified Public Accountants. From 1980 through 1996, he served in various senior management positions in industry and was sole owner of two construction businesses and part owner of three automobile dealerships.

After deciding to hang his CPA shingle out in 1996, Mr. Harris decided he had to differentiate himself by finding a specialty niche to concentrate in. It happened by chance, when a new accounting client he had just acquired in May of 1996, came to him owing the IRS $90,000. Mr. Harris settled his client's debt for $42,000. It was then that he realized the need for taxpayers to have adequate representation before the IRS.

JK Harris & Company has been in business for more than 11 years, has served over 250,000 clients, and has become the nation's largest tax representation firm. In 2009, Mr. Harris documented his success as a businessman and entrepreneur in Flashpoint: Seven Core Strategies for Rapid-fire Business Growth.

Questions or Comments?

You may email Mr. Harris directly at johnharris@jkharris.com