Franchise (TAX) 10-Q 2017 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Liberty Tax, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2016 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John T. Hewitt, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

December 9, 2016	By:	/s/ John T. Hewitt
		John T. Hewitt
		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)