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AHC Cooperative Tax Brief: Telephone Cooperative’s Sale of Subsidiary

In the latest cooperative tax ruling, the Service ruled that a cooperative’s (“Cooperative”) gain on sale of stock in corporations that offered services to Cooperative’s members was patronage-sourced.  The ruling was important to Cooperative because it expected to fail the Member Income Test of Section 501(c)(12), subjecting Cooperative to regular corporate income tax.  The favorable ruling allowed Cooperative to avoid substantial taxes in the gain.

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Guest Blog: Preparing Your Cooperative Staff for an Election

This blog post was prepared by guest blogger Tim Madsen of Survey & Ballot Systems. 

A cooperative, by definition, is an association of people voluntarily united to meet a common goal through democratic process and voluntary membership. Democratic cooperative governance requires an elected board that sets policies and makes decisions that are in the best interest of its members. In order for this to happen, members must have the opportunity to participate in well-run, open elections.Read More »Guest Blog: Preparing Your Cooperative Staff for an Election