UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

(Mark one)

For the quarterly period ended October 31, 2009

OR

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 1-32215

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3 Sylvan Way

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(973) 630-1040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 229.405 of this chapter) during the preceeding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)    Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock was 28,769,115 (net of 10,739,447 shares held in treasury) as of November 30, 2009.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended October 31, 2009, initially filed on December 12, 2009 (the “Initial Filing”), is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the sole purpose of amending, in response to comments of the Commission, Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the Initial Filing in order to disclose certain information for which the Company previously requested confidential treatment. Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto supersede in their entirety Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the Initial Filing. Except as described herein, this Amendment does not revise, update or in any way affect any disclosure contained in the Initial Filing and does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with our other filings with the Commission made subsequent to Initial Filing.

Exhibits: We have filed the following exhibits in connection with this report:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on August 3, 2010.