National e-Filing Provider Goes Green with Local Parks Advocates

    GRAND RAPIDS, MI, December 10, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With January right around the corner, tax e-filing provider WageFiling has been working to cut paper waste and promote green practices for small businesses. As part of the company's call for small businesses to "Save 3 million" tax forms from being wasted this year, WageFiling has pledged a minimum of 2% of its profits this season to local parks advocacy group, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks.

New tax efiling features supported by the IRS this year allow WageFiling users to create and email secure recipient PDF copies, cutting out paper use for 1099 and W-2 filing altogether. While WageFiling provides nationwide e-filing services and has invested in national programs such as the EPA's Green Power Partnership, the Green Business Bureau and Green America, the company's founders feel local sustainability is equally important.

"Friends of Grand Rapids Parks has been the momentum behind a lot Grand Rapids has done to maintain and improve its urban green spaces," commented WageFiling co-founder, Scott Zubrickas. "Here is a local organization that's doing really important environmental work, whether that's campaigning for a millage or designing parks. It's the kind of vision that really resonates with what we're all about at WageFiling."

Tax e-filing isn't just about convenience and cost savings, emphasized Zubrickas.

"Tax forms are a pretty boring subject, but every business has to file them, and small businesses doing it the old school way end up with a lot of blank forms in the trash - not to mention all the paper spent on mailing recipient copies. We can cut out all that waste, and save time. You can even email recipient copies as PDFs, saving the carbon footprint of paper mail. But when you're saving that much, you're doing something important: you're helping keep the planet a little more green. That's something we're passionate about, and we wanted to apply that to our local community."

Zubrickas estimates WageFiling has saved small businesses from purchasing and wasting over 5 million unused tax forms in the last two years. This year alone, he hopes to hit a target of 3 million forms saved, ensuring a sizable donation to Friends of GR Parks.

The pledge comes as Friends of Grand Rapids Parks is engaged in collecting the community's input into eight new neighborhood parks.

About WageFiling
An IRS Quality Supplier since 1996, WageFiling.com is a simple, cost-effective service which allows small businesses to quickly prepare and e-file 1099-MISC and W-2 forms online. Backed by bilingual English-Spanish customer service and industry leading e-filing software, the WageFiling team prides themselves on taking the stress out of wage tax filing.
 

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