- August 25, 2015In May of this year, Midwest Energy Cooperative, serving southern Michigan, adopted a resolution to become member-regulated, in accordance with…
- November 26, 2013USDA Magazine Article Discusses Management of Capital Credits and Patronage Dividends The USDA publishes a bi-monthly magazine, Rural Cooperatives, which…
- October 11, 2013FEMA Disaster Relief Withheld from Electric Cooperatives Electric cooperatives in Iowa were surprised by FEMA's rejection of disaster aid, according…
- October 3, 2013Like public utilities, municipalities and other political subdivisions that provide electricity to customers must procure wholesale power. A recent IRS…
- July 29, 2013The Federal Highway Administration issued an interpretation of 23 U.S.C. Section 313(g) to apply the Buy America Requirement to utility…
- July 6, 2013A federal appellate court recently addressed a distribution cooperative’s lawsuit against a G&T cooperative with which it had a power…
- July 1, 2013This post comes from CFC Solutions Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 25, July 1, 2013. CFC recently filed comments with the…
- June 28, 2013C&A has formed a group on LinkedIn for business cooperatives. Here is a summary of the group and its purpose.…
- May 24, 2013In its 2013 Workplan, the IRS reported a "high level" of incorrect reporting by Section 501(c)(12) cooperatives. These errors primarily…
- March 30, 2013Cooperatives have been given conflicting guidance from the IRS concerning the proper treatment of discounting of capital credits. Specifically, some…
- December 2, 2012On November 29, 2012, Senator Udall of Colorado submitted a bill to amend Section 501(c)(12) as it relates to mutual…
- September 29, 2012A 2008 case and its follow-up in 2011 addressed several issues arising from common provisions in power purchase agreements. These…
- September 24, 2012This post is a repost from CFC's Solutions News Bulletin, Sept. 24, 2012, Vol. 14, No. 36. At the September…
- August 11, 2012In another lawsuit concerning cooperatives' capital credit practices, a North Carolina trial court ruled in favor of a cooperative that…
- August 7, 2012Earlier this past July, the Texas Court of Appeals ruled on important aspects of the cooperative lawsuit concerning Denton County…
- April 26, 2012C&A attorney David R. Cook recently spoke to a group of cooperative accountants about the role of accountants in cooperatives'…
- April 10, 2012In the latest Cooperative Tax Brief, C&A Attorney David Cook discusses a recent ruling by the Service that an international…
- March 24, 2012The latest Cooperative Tax Brief discusses a recent technical advice memorandum concerning the Member Income Test for Telephone Cooperatives. The Service…
- March 24, 2012C&A attorney David Cook will present a webinar for the National Association of Accountants for Cooperatives entitled "An Annual Update…
- November 4, 2011The latest Cooperative Taxation Brief discusses the Internal Revenue Service's recent private letter ruling that confirms its long-held stance on…
- October 10, 2011The Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture has recently announced that, in certain circumstances, it is granting an…
- August 19, 2011The Rural Utility Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“RUS”) announced the availability of over $325 million for the…
- April 14, 2011On March 7, 2011, the NRTC announced that it would offer a wireless AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) system to its…
- March 22, 2011he USDA announced on March 10, 2011, that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is now accepting applications for broadband loans…
