f8k0720_form-htlj.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest reported): December 11, 2007

HEARTLAND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Maryland
000-27045
36-4286069
(State  or  Other  Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

124 Brooklyn Street
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee 37724
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

P.O. Box 4320
Harrogate, Tennessee 37752
 (Mailing Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (423) 869-7255

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 4.01                      Change in Registrants Certifying Accountant

Previous independent registered public accounting firm
 
On December 11, 2007 (the “Dismissal Date”), Heartland, Inc. (the “Company”) advised Russell Bedford Stefanou Mirchandani LLP (the “Former Auditor”) that it was dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.  The decision to dismiss the Former Auditor as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on December 7, 2007.  The Former Auditor was engaged on May 2, 2007  and did not issue a report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements during the  most  recent two fiscal years and through the  Dismissal Date.
 
The Company has requested that Former Auditor furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements.  A copy of this letter is attached hereto to this amendment to the Form 8K as Exhibit 16.1.
 
New independent registered public accounting firm
 
On December 11, 2007 (the “Engagement Date”), the Company engaged Meyler & Company, LLC (“New Auditor”) as its independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. The decision to engage the New Auditor as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
 
During the two most recent fiscal years and through the Engagement Date, the Company has not consulted with the New Auditor regarding either:

1.  
except to the extent that the New Auditor audited the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided that the New Auditor concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or

2.  
any matter that was either subject of disagreement or event, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)(A) of Regulation S-B and the related instruction to Item 304 of Regulation S-B, or a reportable event, as that term is explained in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)(A) of Regulation S-B.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(a)
Financial statements of businesses acquired.

Not applicable

(b)
Pro forma financial information.
 
Not applicable

(c)          Shell company transactions.

Not applicable

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
16.1
Letter from RBSM   LLP
 

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
                                                                                 HEARTLAND, INC.
 
Date: December 11, 2007                                     By:/s/Terry Lee
Name: Terry Lee
Title: CEO and Chairman

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