Ft. Scott, Kansas-based Ward/Kraft often receives requests for custom pressure-seal forms for W-2's in a cut sheet format or continuous format, said Jeanette Perry, forms sales representative. Ward/Kraft also offers other value-added forms such as u-seal, form-n-envelopes and integrated products.
A trend Magdaleno has noticed is switching from continuous and mailer formats to laser forms. "More pressure-seal products [are] being sold each year. But with all the changes, tax forms are still a mandatory product and the employee still receives hard paper copies of the W-2 (99 percent of the time)," he mentioned. And, he noted while in 2008, 58 percent of all W-2s (Copy A) filed to the IRS were filed electronically, a paper copy was still sent to the employee, state and other municipalities, if applicable.