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Greatland Corporation is an employee-owned company[1] that supplies preprinted and blank wage and income reporting forms, primarily W-2 and 1099 forms,[2] to small- and mid-sized businesses and tax professionals. Greatland also supplies business checks and specialty forms.[3]

It has locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Subsidiary holdings

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Greatland has three subsidiary organizations:

  • FileTaxes.com is an online wage reporting system for small businesses for e-filing and mailing recipient copies of 1099-MISC, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-R, 1099-S and W-2 forms, as well as filing and payments associated with 941 and 944 filing.[4][5]
  • Nelco Solutions; based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was acquired by Greatland in 1998.[6]
  • Broker Forms, specializes in 1099 & W-2 reporting.
  • ImageOne, a provider of presentation materials, custom-created presentation supplies, and W-2 & 1099 products, was acquired by Greatland in 2005. In June 2011, the company dissolved the ImageOne brand and folded it in under its existing Greatland brand.[7]

History

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The firm was founded in 1974 by Robert Napieralski as Great Lakes Business Forms.[8] The company was renamed Greatland Corporation in 1994.

It has 175 full and part-time employees divided between its sales and marketing offices at its Grand Rapids headquarters, and a printing, development and distribution operation in Green Bay.[9] On September 26, 2006, Greatland became a 100% Employee-Owned (ESOP) company.[citation needed] Bob Nault is Greatland's CEO.

The company's 2009 revenue was $38 million.[9]

In October 2019, it was reported that Greatland has acquired JAT Software Inc., a provider of year-end reporting software, web applications and print services for companies, in an undisclosed deal.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Greatland Corporation - Working for Greatland". Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  2. ^ Detroit Free Press - Nip W-2 Snags in the Bud
  3. ^ Greatland Website - Specialty Forms
  4. ^ "Best Digital Tools for the Paperless Tax Return". 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  5. ^ "Greatland Corporation — FileTaxes.com | CPA Practice Advisor". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. ^ "About Nelco - Nelco". www.nelcosolutions.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  7. ^ Greatland. "Greatland Repositions ImageOne Brand to Streamline Strategy". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  8. ^ "Making Red Tape Less Taxing". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  9. ^ a b "Walker company Greatland likely to thank for your stack of W-2, 1099 tax forms". 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  10. ^ "Greatland acquires JAT Software". Accounting Today. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
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